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<p>Hello advisors. I will be attending ICANN77 in Washington D.C. in
a couple of weeks. There is a roundtable discussion:<br>
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<font size="-1" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">"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.</span></font></font><strong><br>
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<p><strong>Date: Monday 12 June - 10:45- 12:15</strong> <br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Many thanks</p>
<p>Marita<br>
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