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Stephen Downes

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Interesting news - according to this Indis Times report, the Indian government will provide free wireless broadband (2 megabit per second) across the country by 2008. In a similar story, the government of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, is creating a free wireless network that will cover its four largest cities. Here in New Brunswick, of course, we have Fred-E Zone covering the capital city and even some parts beyond. But where is the Moncton initiative? The New Brunswick-wide initiative? The government of India knows how important this is - why doesn't the government in Moncton and New Brunswick?

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