{"id":662,"date":"2008-01-28T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2008-01-28T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T06:41:00","slug":"is-canada-a-leader-in-bridging-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Is Canada a leader in bridging the digital divide?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NY<\/a>I was recently pointed to a speech<\/a> last month by New York governor Eliot Spitzer to the New York State Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Niagara Falls, where he launched a campaign for universal broadband service for all of NY.<\/p>\n

When many of us think of NY, we think of one of the most densely populated parts of the planet. We think of advanced communications driving Wall Street, forgetting that there is a lot of territory upstate.<\/p>\n

A drive from Buffalo to Albany can look similar to driving from Toronto to Sudbury – albeit with way fewer Tim Horton’s locations and no Canadian Tire stores.<\/p>\n

Governor Spitzer said that his state has inadequate infrastructure for the Information Age. <\/p>\n

In fact, fewer than 25 percent of New Yorkers in rural areas have access to broadband Internet. Some may assume that because these areas are rural, they have natural and unavoidable disadvantages. But a rural landscape has not stopped Canada, a mostly rural country, from maintaining a broadband penetration rate of over 50 percent.<\/p>\n

This problem does not only affect Upstate. Downstate doesn\u2019t fare much better. Nearly two-thirds of people living in New York City lack access to affordable, high-speed broadband. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He blames the US federal government for a lack of leadership – the absence of a national broadband strategy.<\/p>\n

So the governor has set his own objectives: <\/p>\n

Our goals are\u2014by the year 2015\u2014for every citizen of New York to have access to at least 20 megabits per second in each direction, and 100 megabits per second in major metropolitan areas. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite Canada being cited as ahead of New York, will broadband be an issue in Canadian politics? How will we ensure that in 2015, Canada will still be seen as a leader by our neighbours?<\/p>\n

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