Canada's broadband networks not ready for future: report
”Canada is woefully positioned for future internet usage and the quality of current broadband networks is barely enough to cope with current traffic because of a lack of investment by providers, according to a new study.”
Full article: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/15/tech-broadband.html
Need for speed
”While ISPs in other countries satisfy public and business broadband appetite by upgrading infrastructure, Canada throttles. How long can it last? ”
Full article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080618.wgtftth0617/
EmailBNStory/Technology/home
The future is online: revenue to surpass $4.5 billion in four years
”The worldwide online video market, particularly purchased/rented video, is experiencing explosive growth, reports In-Stat Worldwide online video revenue is expected to eclipse $4.5 billion by 2012, up from $1.2 billion in 2008, the market research firm predicts.”
Full article: http://www.cartt.ca/news/PrinterFriendly.cfm?NewsNo=6624
Can Canada be a World Leader in the next Internet Revolution?
”Around the world, but particularly in Canada and more especially in Quebec, a revolution is taking place in high-speed networking. At root, this revolution is being driven by the availability of low-cost fibre-optic cabling. In turn, lower prices for fibre is leading to a shift away from carrier-owned infrastructure and towards more customer- or municipally-owned fibre, as well as to innovative sharing arrangements such as fibre "condominiums".”
Full article: http://www.canarie.ca/advnet/fibre.html
Korea Plans Ultra Fast Broadband
”South Korea is embarking on a huge project to make its national broadband network even faster…South Korea came in fourth on the list [of most wired nations according to figures released by the International Telecommunications Union], with the U.K. at 12 and the U.S. at 11.”
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3222664.stm
Broadband Internet Access in OECD Countries
“South Korea and Canada are far ahead of the rest of the world…and have maintained their leading position in the rankings over the past three years. Other countries, such as Sweden, Belgium, and Denmark, have grown rapidly and overtaken the U.S. in the last two years.”
Full article: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-239660A2.pdf
Jumping on Alberta's Broadband Bandwagon
“Alberta's SuperNet will deliver big bandwidth to 4700 schools, hospitals, libraries, and other government facilities across the province. Thanks to a $193-million provincial government investment and co-operation from industry, SuperNet will also provide connections to even the remotest small town in Alberta. Then, using a groundbreaking business model, SuperNet will invite Internet service providers to connect up their customers at low prices; in a few years, nearly every rural Albertan should have—as a minimum—‘little broadband' single megabit access.”
Full article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040401/
TWTICOLL01/TPNational/Canada
The State Broadband Index
“The impact of accelerated broadband deployment on state economies can be significant. Recent studies commissioned by the state of Michigan, for example, have estimated a $440 billion increase in the gross state product (GSP) and almost 500,000 new jobs over a decade. A separate analysis of broadband's impact on the state of California estimates an increase of $376 billion in incremental GSP and nearly two million new jobs over a ten-year period.”
Full article: http://www.technet.org/resources/State_Broadband_Index.pdf
The Benefits of Broadband: A Research Review of the Benefits and Impact of Consumer, Business, and Government Adoption
“…the potential economic benefit of broadband Internet in the U.S. could be as much as $500 billion per year… [This report] identifies a variety of services that will grow in accordance with broadband adoption and provides data and analysis which quantifies the benefits within these sectors.”
Full article:http://www.info-edge.com/samples/EM-2061free.pdf
Building a Nationwide Broadband Network: Speeding Job Growth
“This study investigates the economic benefits of building a nationwide broadband network and quantifies the job gains that this investment will have on the U.S. economy. The major finding of this study is that building and using a robust, nationwide network will expand U.S. employment by an estimated 1.2 million new and permanent jobs…”
Full article: http://www.newmillenniumresearch.org/event-02-25-2002/jobspaper.pdf
Telework and Economic Development
“The need for face-to-face contact in business has led to a concentration of high paying knowledge jobs in and around large cities. The result is the migration of skilled workers to large cities, where traffic congestion and pollution diminish the quality of life, while housing shortages raise the cost of living. At the same time, smaller towns lose the skilled labor needed to invigorate their communities. The solution to the face-to-face problem is affordable high bandwidth video communications.”
Full article: http://radio.weblogs.com/0125927/stories/2003/10/15/
teleworkAndEconomicDevelopment.html
Cheaper Cable? Go to Tacoma; in Seattle, Rates Will Jump
“The Puget Sound area features two types of cable business: monopoly and competition. Tacoma has competition; Seattle, King County and most other places have monopoly. The result? Higher rates for Seattle and King County and lower rates for Tacoma.”
Full article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/72341_modem29.shtml
Click! Expands into University Place
”Tacoma City's Click! Network announces expansion into the city of University Place, WA. About 21,000 Tacoma customers—nearly 31% of Tacoma homes [and 37% of total homes passed]—subscribe to Click!.”
Lessons from the 1996 Telecom Act: Deregulation Before Meaningful Competition Spells Consumer Disaster
Consumers Union
“If consumers are ever to see the promised benefits of competition in communications markets, policymakers in Washington and the states must begin to be genuinely pro-competitive and worry less about being pro-business.”
Full article: http://www.consumersunion.org/telecom/lessondc201.htm
Broadband Adoption in the United States: An Empirical Analysis
”There is a policy debate at both state and federal levels over how to facilitate consumer adoption of the Internet and, particularly, broadband technology to access the Internet… It appears, then, that broadband availability in a state is driven by intermodal competition and the demand and cost factors, but not by raw availability of broadband services, given those other factors. The independent effect of direct, intermodal competition is statistically significant and of substantial magnitude.
Full article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID386100_code030407500.pdf?
abstractid=386100#PaperDownload
The State Broadband Index: An Assessment of State Policies Impacting Broadband Deployment and Demand
”This report…examines the key role that states can play in helping to make broadband available to all Americans. In three major areas, state policies can have a significant impact on broadband deployment…”
Full article: http://www.technet.org/resources/State_Broadband_Index.pdf
Telecare and Telemedicine Services Seen as Solution for Long-term Care of Elderly or Vulnerable People
“Telecare and telemedicine services are increasingly being seen as a potential solution to one of society's most pressing healthcare issues, that of long-term care of elderly or vulnerable people.”
Full article: http://www.news-medical.net/view_article.asp?id=1407
Your Daily Digital Doctor
”Advanced analysis of home medical data can offer continuous care for patients with diabetes and other life-threatening chronic diseases.”
Full article: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_bender022004.asp
Remote Surgery: How Canadian Doctors Operate Over the Internet
“With a vast fibre-optic network and some 10 million Canadians living in rural and sparsely populated areas, the potential for bringing care and mentoring to these communities is a strong motivation for telesurgery advocates like Dr. Anvari. And for emergency procedures, the system could allow surgeons to provide immediate care to patients who might not survive a long-distance journey to a bigger hospital.”
Full article: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/episode7_essay1.html
High-speed SONET to Your Illinois Door? SBC, Comcast Say No
”[An Illinois] community wanted to create an all-fibre network to the doorstep of every household to provide huge bandwidth and adjunct services…until it was beaten by a multimillion-dollar campaign that was funded by the dominant local phone company and the dominant local cable company, which both stood to lose control and a subscriber base forever.
Full article: http://www.tricitybroadband.com/news18.htm
Lessons from the 1996 Telecom Act: Deregulation Before Meaningful Competition Spells Consumer Disaster
“The fundamental problem is that the huge companies that dominate the telephone and cable prefer mergers and acquisitions to competition. They have refused to open their markets by dragging their feet in allowing competitors to interconnect, refusing to negotiate in good faith, litigating every nook and cranny of the law, and avoiding head-to-head competition like the plague.”
Full article: http://www.consumersunion.org/telecom/lessondc201.htm