thestar said that There is much to celebrate about Toronto City Council’s recent move to ensure affordable, high-speed internet connectivity for all Torontonians. The city’s ConnectTO program is timely in recognizing that reliable internet access has become an essential service for every household.
ConnectTO rightly puts those first who have been underserved for decades by Canada’s major telecom companies and who are now especially vulnerable during the pandemic. The city deserves praise for the invitation for cooperative or non-profit broadband models. It is a welcome response to the effective civic resistance to Google Sidewalk Labs’ techno-centric smart city vision.
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