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  1. Better artical and Press Release by esobofh · · Score: 1 · on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004

    http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200011/9894.h tml

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  2. Re:What a waste... by Zan+Thrax · · Score: 1 · on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004

    No, I mean the 1999 census numbers The 2000 numbers are there too, I don't know why I missed them. Anyhow, if you look at these numbers, the 14 cities of Alberta make up 1.8 million people. The rest of the population live in or near small towns, and those are the communities that this supernet is being connected too, so those are the people who we have to consider in figuring out who's getting this service.

  3. Re:What a waste... by Glonk · · Score: 1 · on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004

    You mean these numbers on the Alberta Government's homepage that say the rural population is only 500,000? (Scroll down to the 'Alberta Facts' box).

  4. Re:smart Canadians knew about this long ago....... by chigaze · · Score: 2 · on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004

    That was a poorly researched /. response.
    The program announced in the story is a provincial intiative for rural Alberta and, ASFAIK, not part of the Federal programs you mention. A look through the Alberta government Supernet Site does not reveal any connection to the Canarie project. This one is an all Alberta project using Alberta seed money.

    FWIW, the Liberal Red Book III still contains unfullfilled promises from 1993's Red Book I. I don't put a lot faith that anything in the book will actually become policy.

  5. more details on project; this kicks on Internet 2 by count0 · · Score: 1 · on Alberta, Canada Goes Broadband -- By 2004
    here is the website for the Supernet project http://www.innovation.gov.ab.ca/supern et/
    Here's a list of companies involved
    Bell Intrigna (a member of the Bell Family), Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Nortel Networks and 360 Networks - with four leading Alberta technology companies - AXIA Netmedia, TotalTelcom, WiLan, and Netricom.

    And then there's Netera, the non-profit in Alberta that runs a 4x Gigabit ethernet backbone in the province
    www.netera.ca

    Alberta already has the highest per capita of internet access of any state or province. The point of this project is in part to diversify rural communities so they aren't as dependent on agriculture, oil fields, or forestry. If there's broadband in town, entire new industries can set up in somewhere like Stirling (pop. 700).

    Well worth the price in my book.

    cz