Mrs. Janet DiFrancesco at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

November 29th, 2011 / 4:40 p.m.

Director General, Electronic Commerce Branch, Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications Sector, Department of Industry

Janet DiFrancesco

All of the projects are in communities that were designated as unserved or underserved. By definition, urban areas were excluded from the process. In 2009, 100% of urban areas had access to broadband at 1.5 megabits per second. All of these projects are in what we consider to be rural or remote areas.

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