[Air-L] Stimulus spending on brodband

Emma Duke-Williams emma.dukewilliams at gmail.com
Thu Jan 29 09:09:43 PST 2009


2009/1/28 Peter Timusk <ptimusk at 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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Emma Duke-Williams:
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Portsmouth, UK.
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