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Canadian Internet Fact Guide 2009 & Canada 3.0

Ipsos Reid recently released its numbers calculating Canadian internet behaviours and attitudes for 2009.
Highlights include:

Increased internet access across the county;
Social media/networking continues to grow with 56% of Canadians having some sort of profile in an online network; and
Over 3/4 of teenagers (12-17) are online with 93%  having more than one social media/networking profile.

As business – and, increasingly, personal [...]

Rural Connectivity: Gap Analysis Project & A Rural Success Story

Information has long been promoted as the backbone of development. 
And although internet/broadband/telecommunications access in rural and rurban areas has steadily increased within the past several years, various groups continue to identify the lack of internet access in rural areas as a problem for economic growth and continued prosperity of many communities. 
To determine how widespread this issue is within Alberta, for instance, a [...]