Big firms also told to negotiate wholesale access rates
The new classification of broadband Internet as a basic telecommunications service could significantly narrow the rural-urban digital divide
The Rural Development Institute says increasing the culture of use in rural areas is equally important to making faster broadband available
Modern telecommunications are still rare as hen’s teeth in rural areas, but hope is on the horizon
A mid-hearing speech, made by the chairman of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, is welcome news to rural advocates of digital equality. In recent televised remarks, Jean-Pierre Blais said the necessity of broadband Internet access was a “self-evident truth,” shifting the focus of the current review of basic telecommunications services from proving the need
