CRRBC 2020: The good, bad, and ugly of rural broadband deployment

By Lynn Greiner AFTER MORE THAN A DAY of seeking solutions and strategy for delivering fast, affordable internet to various un- and underserved communities, things at last week’s Canadian Rural and Remote Broadband Conference concluded with some hard lessons learned along the way. The session was aptly called "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Moderated by Jason Presement, regional vice president of sales at Calix, panelists included Laura Bradley, general manager of YorkNet, Ron Huinink, manager, broadband at supplier Telonix, Justin Cameron, regional sales manager, Ontario and Atlantic, at supplier TVC, and Keith Ponton, senior systems consultant at IBI...