{"id":14316,"date":"2020-12-23T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=14316"},"modified":"2020-12-15T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T20:24:29","slug":"top-5-from-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=14316","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 from 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of my blog posts attracted the most attention in 2020?<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the analytics, these 5 articles had the most individual page views:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2IsFdVG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An expense gap in the rural digital divide<\/a>&#8221; [October 21, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hCsahL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An easy way to increase rural broadband speeds<\/a>&#8221; [June 22, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WvfgJL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Words matter. Accuracy matters<\/a>&#8221; [May 13, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3fE0hEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When a smart city plan isn\u2019t so smart<\/a>&#8221; [July 21, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lHmjIJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toward a universal broadband strategy<\/a>&#8221; [December 8, 2020]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Honourable mentions go to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dZnVtq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Look at the data<\/a>&#8221; [July 7, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TNz364\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian mobile services top G7 affordability ranking<\/a>&#8221; [January 27, 2020] <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2MS9XOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should broadband be a \u2018public utility\u2019?<\/a>&#8221; [June 15, 2020]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2CMwPtS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Better data leads to better policy making<\/a>&#8221; [January 28th, 2019]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/38LYhGn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">When low prices constrain investment<\/a>&#8221; [January 29, 2020]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for following me here on this blog (and on <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1dqNoKp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>) and engaging over the past year. It has been a challenging year for all of us with the world depending on telecommunications networks to stay in touch with family, conduct business, go to school and virtually every aspect of our lives. For more than 9 months now, Canada&#8217;s communications industry has demonstrated leadership in its response to the pandemic, as I wrote in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3bebjOj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Brave new world&#8221;<\/a> in mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>I hope the coming weeks give you an opportunity to connect with your family and friends, safely and telephonically. Let me extend to you the very best wishes for health, happiness and peace over the holidays and in the year ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of my blog posts attracted the most attention in 2020? 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