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<td>Please share -- #NWTDigitalDivide Campaign</td>
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<td>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:41:09 -0600</td>
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<td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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<td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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<div>Today <a href="http://www.DigitalNWT.ca"
moz-do-not-send="true">DigitalNWT</a> is launching an online
campaign to raise awareness of connectivity in the Northwest
Territories. Many residents of NWT communities face extremely
slow and expensive Internet. According to Internet Performance
Testing run by the <a href="http://www.cira.ca"
moz-do-not-send="true">Canadian Internet Registration
Authority</a> (CIRA), Internet speeds in these northern and
remote communities are among the slowest in Canada.</div>
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<div>The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the digital
divide between rural and urban communities in Canada, bringing
more attention to the slow speeds, limited bandwidth, and high
prices faced by Internet users living in rural communities in
the Northwest Territories.</div>
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Despite everyone knowing about the problem, there is <a
href="http://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2020/05/08/2030417/0/en/New-internet-performance-data-shows-the-staggering-scale-of-Canada-s-urban-rural-digital-divide.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">limited reliable information about
user-level connectivity services in these communities</a>.
This makes it difficult for policymakers and researchers to
identify which communities — and which homes and organizations
inside those communities — are facing these challenges.<br>
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<div>To challenge the digital divide and encourage policy-makers
and industry to close the digital divide, the DigitalNWT
Project is launching a social media campaign to encourage
NWT-based internet users to test their internet speeds using
CIRA’s speed test - and share those results with the general
public through the #NWTDigitalDivide hashtag.</div>
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<div><b>To learn more about DigitalNWT and test your internet
performance, visit: <a href="http://www.DigitalNWT.ca"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.DigitalNWT.ca </a></b><br>
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<div><b>Please see attached press release for more information
on #NWTDigitalDivide.</b></div>
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<div><b>Suggested FB and Twitter messaging:</b></div>
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<div>Tired of slow, expensive Internet in NWT communities?
Take the CIRA speedtest and enter the draw today!<font
color="#ff0000"> </font><a href="https://bit.ly/2R7M9ss"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bit.ly/2R7M9ss</a> #nwtdigitaldivide
#digitalnwt</div>
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