Thursday, November 29, 2007

Spectrum Licenses for Advanced Wireless Services

On November 28th Industry Canada - Spectrum Management and Telecommunications announced their "Policy Framework for the Auction of Spectrum Licences for Advanced Wireless Services and Other Spectrum in the 2 GHz Range"

More information can be found on this topic at the Industry Canada Website at:
www.ic.gc.ca/spectrumauctions

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Will Muskoka politicians leverage Internet tools too?

Hello from Muskoka Community Network:

With Web 2.0 tools such as Blogs, RSS feeds and Facebook accounts available to Federal, Provincial, Territorial, Municipal, and local politicians, it will be interesting to see if local politicians add these new tools to their communication strategies.

In the U.S., candidates for the presidential election are using the latest Internet tools to reach new audiences using Web 2.0 technology. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9048959&intsrc=hm_list

ABC News and Facebook have teamed up to create a new tool that will provide news coverage on the campaign directly to Facebook users.

This communication medium is very powerful because it delivers specific news to Facebook users who want to keep informed about the campaign. The Facebook subscribers are exposed to ABC's content each time they login to their FaceBook account.

Obviously this is good for ABC, and keeps Facebook subscribers informed. Candidates will certainly need to be working very hard to add their own content and information to Facebook. If the candidates don't work the media through Facebook they will be at a disadvantage compared to candidates who do.

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Broadband in Muskoka

Hello from Muskoka Community Network:

Muskoka Community Network is continuing to work towards bringing broadband to Muskoka. Getting businesses and residents high speed internet is one of our main purposes. We know that dial up has limitations and being limited to that technology will hamper the economic and social growth of the area.

We have several different Internet Service Providers in Muskoka. Click here for a complete list of ISPs.

For more information on what Muskoka Community Network is doing to bring broadband to Muskoka visit our website at http://www.mcnet.ca

What type of internet connection do you have?