[Advisors] The Current with Matt Galloway - Jan. 6, 2023: Rural Canadians often can’t access high-speed internet

[David Mackey]

Thanks for the link Garth. This is an excellent description of the current
state of internet service in rural Canada. It's fundamentally not good.

As we move our digital society forward in Canada, I think it's important
for us to understand the inherently decentralized nature of the Internet.
This is a fundamental change in how our communication infrastructure works.

We should expect, and encourage, less concentrated ownership structures of
the communication infrastructure in the future. This may seem weird for
many who have lived with big communication oligopolies in the past, but
guess what? We are still living in a world of digital disruption.  Less
oligopolistic ownership concentration of the communication infrastructure
in Canada is a good thing.  :-)

Cheers,
David

On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:54 PM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Thanks Garth. I will definitely check this out. It is interesting to see
> this question of Internet as public utility come up at all, let alone on
> public radio. Well, it would be weird to have a public utility only for
> certain areas/populations.
>
> Marita
> On 2023-01-06 1:30 p.m., Garth Graham wrote:
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63/clip/15958331
>
>
> In this episode of The Current, the question - should the Internet be a public utility? - is actually asked, if not quite answered  However this does only emphasize the rural in the question of digital equity.  I don’t think you get to the argument for Internet being a public utility until you add in the huge dimensions of digital equity issues in urban environments.
>
>
> GG
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