[Advisors] The first 'gig town' in Canada,

Garth Graham garth.graham at telus.net
Wed Jul 31 08:25:38 PDT 2013


Thank God, somebody is stepping up to the plate!  I spotted this story first in a US news source, of course.

Small Alberta town gets massive 1,000 Mbps broadband boost; Rural community of Olds builds its own fibre network and starts its own ISP
By Emily Chung, CBC News Posted: Jul 18, 2013 2:45 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 19, 2013 4:11 PM ET

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/07/17/technology-gigabit-internet-olds.html

"Established providers refused to use town's network"  This is actually a bigger story than "level playing field for wireless spectrum" but I can't afford a multimillion dollar ad campaign to push it.

GG


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