[Advisors] info needed re govt programs

[James Van Leeuwen]

Further to my preceding post:

Most of the (slow) progress with rural fibre deployment here in Alberta revolves around public-private partnerships, in which a local government issues an RFP that private network builder-operators respond to. 

Some of these P3s have been well structured, based on the local government doing its due diligence.

Others have been flaky, typically because of incompetence or favouritism on the part of the local government partner.

The good news is that COVID really boosted the supply side of the Alberta market.

At least six Canadian companies are now active in the Alberta market for building and operating optical fibre access networks:

https://valonetworks.com <https://valonetworks.com/>
https://cnpartners.ca <https://cnpartners.ca/>
https://canadianfiberoptics.ca <https://canadianfiberoptics.ca/>
https://www.albertabroadbandnetworks.com <https://www.albertabroadbandnetworks.com/>
https://www.utilitynet.net/docs/Blue_Fibre_Press_Release.pdf <https://bluefibre.ca/>
https://www.nationfiber.com <https://www.nationfiber.com/>

The last of these companies (Nation Fibre) is under the control of a First Nation partner in Saskatchewan (Big Island Lake Cree Nation)

James




> On Jun 1, 2023, at 2:07 AM, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello Advisors. Just wanted to thank Garth, Kathryn and Clarice for responding to this request. If there is any info available from Alberta, Quebec or Maritimes -- please send what you can re different approaches to access. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marita
> 
> On 2023-05-26 1:00 p.m., Marita Moll wrote:
>> Hello advisors. I will be attending ICANN77 in Washington D.C. in a couple of weeks. There is a roundtable discussion:
>> 
>> "Government efforts to expand Broadband Access in the US and Canada" will explore and critique federal, state and local initiatives to make broadband more available, affordable and usable. The panel will look at different approaches taking place in urban, rural and Indigenous communities and how these efforts are progressing, including programs seeking to improve access, financial affordability, device availability and end user activation.
>> Date: Monday 12 June - 10:45- 12:15 
>> 
>> One of our members from National Capital Freenet -- Andrew Marty Asare will be speaking remotely about some work he and NCF are doing on the ground to get people connected. I am also on that panel. I am wondering if any of you have examples I can use about how you are working with government programs to fill the connectivity gap -- and how that is working out -- or not. This is about different approaches -- and I am sure some of you have some examples to offer.
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Marita
>> 
>> 
>> 
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