Here's a book from the MIT Press making an argument for the best way to bring broadband to the developing world. The Road to Broadband Development in Developing Countries Is By Competition Driven By Wireless and Internet Telephony http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/itid.2007.3.2.21?cookieSet=1 &journalCode=itid Scott http://scottmacleod.com Emma Duke-Williams writes:
2009/1/28 Peter Timusk <ptimusk@sympatico.ca>:
In Canada our countries budget just passed or will pass tomorrow. It includes stimulus spending on broadband for rural areas any thoughts on this?
Can other nationals in other countries report you regions spending on Internet and of course the climate for research spending on Internet?
The UK government are discussing just that today :) (Well, the UK view of it, they're not discussing the Canadian approach!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7858498.stm
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