Rural technology
Haida Gwaii homes to get high-speed fibre optic internet
A $4.9-million project will connect hundreds more Haida Gwaii homes to affordable high-speed internet, reports Andrew Hudson of the Haida Gwai Observer. Thanks to funding announced Tuesday by the Canadian and B.C. governments as well as Gwaii Trust, local internet provider Gwaii Communications will soon start extending the islands’ fibre-optic internet network and offering free…
Read MoreRural Bandwidth + Creative Entrepreneurs = Kootenay Business TV
MOST SMALL towns — let alone tiny villages and rural regions — lack daily newspapers, or radio and television stations. News tends to flow in only one direction in BC — from Vancouver & Victoria out to the rest of us! Well, two new media pioneers — Kerry McArthur and Mark Wolfe — are changing that,…
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