Rural Broadband: Different maps could help focus funding, committee hears

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA - The task of figuring out how the different broadband programs of the federal government and the CRTC will be co-ordinated was made a little easier by the regulator’s chairman Ian Scott on Thursday. Posed with a question from a member of parliament about whether the CRTC should have control of the entire broadband budget -- not just the regulator’s own $750-million Broadband Fund -- Scott said the different programs have different focuses, and funding could come down to how those programs measure connected areas. Earlier this year, rural economic development minister Maryam Monsef announced the...