COMMENTARY: Another reason why broadband needs better rural expansion: Food

Clearcable SummitHAMILTON – The CRTC’s basic service obligation hearing often bogged down in consumer minutiae centering on what those in rural areas “should” be using with a bigger/better broadband connection potentially funded by the public purse or funds pulled from contributions by network owners (which, of course, come from the monthly bills paid by all of us).Are we talking about rolling out deeper, faster connectivity just so that everyone down every last country road can stream the new season of Orange Is The New Black in 4K? My answer (in my head anyway) was: “Who cares? That’s censorship. People should...