Here is the report - more an e-scan that was published on the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Government Services, Digital Ontario Site:
Toward an Online Interactive Broadband Atlas for Ontarians http://www.digitalontario.mgs.gov.on.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/towards%20broadband%20atlas%20for%20ontarians.pdf Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project (CWIRP) Faculty of Information, University of Toronto On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:35 PM, David G. Smith PE PLS<[email protected]> wrote: > The saddest part of all of this is, we seem to be spending a great deal of > money recreating, in some abstracted – and, in some ways, estimated and > imprecisely aggregated – datasets for broadband access when in fact actual, > very granular and accurate data already exists at the telcos, ISPs, et > cetera. Billing records, for example. They play games of insisting the > data is proprietary, and cry about protections and competition when in fact > many exclusive franchises exist (e.g. cable companies) and consider also > that population densities and prospective customers bases are really no > great mystery to anyone with even an inkling of census and demographics > data. And we additionally then get the great divide of marketing, where > providers advertise ubiquitous access (when in fact it isn’t actually so > ubiquitous), versus application to the government for subsidy, where they > express the exact opposite, underestimating their assets in the hopes of > getting funding – yet another disparity that doesn’t actually want to be > revealed. > > > > It’s one huge boondoggle, in my humble opinion. I could not resist throwing > in my $0.02, but enough of my commentary, carry on… > > > > > > David G. Smith PE PLS > > Synergist Technology Group, Inc. > > 570.280.6763 > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perry Tancredi > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:02 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Mapping Broadband in Florida > > > > I know the OECD has broadband metrics by country > (http://oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband). You might find some breakdown by state > on their site as well. > > > > Perry > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Catherine Burton > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Geowanking] Mapping Broadband in Florida > > Hey Wankers, > > > > Any of you have any idea about where to find sources for mapping of > broadband technology deployed in the US, specifically Florida? > > > > Thanks! > > Catherine > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Catherine Huybrechts Burton > > Member, Endpoint Environmental LLC > > Lead Organizer, WebMapSocial Meetup Group > > Office: (415) 668-4222 > > Cell: (415) 902-0403 > > Endpoint Environmental LLC - Changing Imagery Into Information > > > > Care about HIV/AIDS? Sponsor me today for AIDS WALK SF 2009. It's my 9th > year walking!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
