Cable / Telecom News

IPTV: Rural telecom co-ops finding success with digital television

MILVERTON, Ont. – When we writers offer up a dateline, or placeline to begin a story, like the one here that denotes the little town west of Kitchener I visited last fall, often it comes without naming the province of origin. The theory is that most people know where Toronto, or Vancouver, or Montreal or Calgary is. There’s no need to add, Ont., or B.C., or Que., or Alta. to the town name. But when it comes to places like Milverton, Zurich, Kirkton, Kippen, Inwood, or Ripley, we just have to add the “Ont.” tag to them. Now, that’s not...