COMMENTARY: U.S. cable industry says getting broadband to the poor "critical". What about Canada?

I DARE ANYONE TO disagree with this statement: “A child without access to the Internet will find life increasingly difficult in the information age.” National Cable and Telecommunications Association president and CEO Michael Powell said it Monday morning during his keynote speech to delegates in the standing-room-only opening general session at the 2012 Cable Show here in Boston. He was singing the praises of the U.S. industry’s Connect to Compete initiative where all of the major American cable companies have teamed up with the Federal Communications Commission and a large number of other corporations to push broadband connectivity to low...