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Old 01-11-2004, 07:30   #14
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Re: UK Broadband

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Originally Posted by danielf
I suppose I meant where did this money come from? Has the Canadian government pumped loads of money into BB? Is there something special about the way telecommunications are set up in Canada? If not, it would seem the rest of the world could learn something from the Canadians...
Simple really. Most Canadians get their TV via cable, so the cable networks were widespread, and there is constant competition between these cable networks and the incumbent telco.

In Canada at the moment xDSL wins by a small margin on price, cable wins on speed.
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