{"id":266,"date":"2009-04-13T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2009-04-13T06:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T06:21:00","slug":"building-affordable-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Building affordable broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I drove to and from Montreal over the weekend and passed through a lot of rural territory that has been the subject of various rural broadband projects. For example, the Eastern Ontario Warden&#8217;s Caucus (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eowc.org\/\">EOWC<\/a>) is looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eodigitalpossibilities.org\/index.html\">enhancing the broadband<\/a> capabilities of its residents.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me that an important issue is broadband affordability &#8211; rural and urban. More than simply being concerned with connectivity, how do we make broadband affordable for all Canadians? We have technologies available that can reach every Canadian household and business, but can they afford to sign on?<\/p>\n<p>We have a session called <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Building Broadband<\/span> on June 15 at <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/\" _base_href=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/\"><strong>The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/strong><\/a>. Have you registered yet?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/EOWC\" rel=\"tag\">EOWC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/broadband\" rel=\"tag\">broadband<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Canadian+Telecom+Summit\" rel=\"tag\">Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drove to and from Montreal over the weekend and passed through a lot of rural territory that has been the subject of various rural broadband projects. For example, the Eastern Ontario Warden&#8217;s Caucus (EOWC) is looking at enhancing the broadband capabilities of its residents. It seems to me that an important issue is broadband &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=266\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building affordable broadband<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Building affordable broadband &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I drove to and from Montreal over the weekend and passed through a lot of rural territory that has been the subject of various rural broadband projects. &#8226; 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