Money better spent on subsidizing access rather than infrastructure, says C-Com head
News | July 9, 2001
The president of an up-and-coming satellite services company says the National Broadband Task Force’s recommendations are a misuse of taxpayers’ money (see story, this issue). Leslie Klein says his company is in a position today to begin bringing high-speed Internet access to Canada’s remote and northern communities at a fraction of the proposed price tag of between $2.75 billion and $4.75 billion. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks of free access to thewirereport.ca and our exclusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. |