I remember when I was still in high school, they were just beginning to use video conferencing for classes. Now, according to an article I read in the local paper, its become possible for courses to be offered province wide, regardless of how many students the particular school has, or how much funding it gets.
Suddenly a whole slew of options have been opened up to numerous students all over Alberta to take advantage of something that wasn't available to them before.
The whole health care system in Alberta is now on the same network.....our library system is probably one of the best in the world in terms of availability. And many of us don't even know how the government has been able to benefit from something like this. Just incredible.
The world 'astounding' does BARELY do this project justice. Alberta is years ahead of everyone else with this.
I laugh in the face of the government of Sask, as they have a press conference to announce a project to bring internet to 100% of the province. How? With cell phone towers and fixed wireless equipment. Only the northern most part of Alberta gets that kind of service, and we all know what kind of people live up there.
