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<p>Hello folks. At today's teleconference Brian Beaton mentioned
that the First Mile Connectivity Consortium was actively engaged
in discussions regarding the new $750M CRTC fund to support rural
and remote connectivity. Apparently there is still time to support
FMCC's intervention which I have linked below. <br>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://firstmile.ca/wp-content/uploads/FMCC-2017-112-Reply-Comments-FINAL.pdf"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">http://firstmile.ca/wp-content/uploads/FMCC-2017-112-Reply-Comments-FINAL.pdf</font></a></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Unless there are
objections, perhaps Brian could let us know how we can support
this at this stage of the game.</font><br>
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<p> I really like Appendix 2 (p.22) highlighting non-profits'
consensus broadband fund design principles signed by a number of
public interest organizations.</p>
<p>Marita<br>
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