Without SuperNet there would be far less schools and libraries in the small towns in Alberta. Many of them would have closed up shop. SuperNet brings so many more services to the schools and libraries. There is currently a video conferencing project that will see about 80 libraries in Southern Alberta (from Coutts to Trochu, from Crowsnest Pass to Oyen to) have video conferencing equipment in each library. The video conferencing equipment can be used by anybody to meet with anybody else who has access to video conferencing.
Imagine Farmer Joe's son, Billy can go to school and use the internet during school for research. He can go to the library and use high speed internet to email or chat with his cousins in Montreal, or use the video conferencing to have a job interview with a company in Texas, or to talk with somebody about schooling at Harvard, etc. Without supernet Billy would probably have dial-up at home, if he is lucky, and not have the ease of access to all these services.
What about the health industry? Doctors use VC to watch a surgery to learn new techniques or to help guide a doctor through a tricky procedure.
Schools and libraries get together to share an internet gateway connection through supernet to cut operational costs so they can allocate the saved money to keep staff or materieals needed to run the schools and libraries.
If there is anything about SuperNet that is a waste is that it is taken for granted. SuperNet users forget that just 6 short years ago there was a frustration with they way the used technology to keep connected. SuperNet makes it so much more simple.
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