June 20, 2001
Broadband For All - Canada's 'New National Dream'
Broadband For All - Canada's 'New National Dream'
The Canadian National Broadband Task Force recently acclaimed universal access to the broadband Internet as Canada's "new national dream," and has estimated it will cost $4 billion Canadian dollars to deploy broadband to all Canadians by 2004. Industry Minister Brian Tobin, who pledged to adhere to the 2004 deadline, compared this commitment to Canada's "original" national dream to link its coasts by railway in the late 1800s.
Posted by rshah at June 20, 2001 12:00 PM