The First Mile Connectivity Consortium and Digital Regulation in Canada

Authors

  • Rob McMahon University of New Brunswick
  • Heather Hudson University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Lyle Fabian K'atl'odeeche First Nation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v10i2.2741

Keywords:

Broadband regulation, indigenous broadband, First Mile, community development, participation, remote communities

Abstract

On June 19 and 20, 2013 the First Mile Connectivity Consortium, K'atl'odeeche First Nation and the Eeyou Communications Network intervened in a regulatory hearing about digital infrastructure and services in the Canadian north. The three parties focused on issues of access, affordability, and the potential for infrastructure development in the North to support community development. They argued that northern residents should be offered opportunities as producers as well as consumers of telecommunications services. This article provides a summary of this intervention. (For a full description of this process, see: Cite: Article at the Journal of Information Policy - to be confirmed).

Author Biographies

Rob McMahon, University of New Brunswick

Postdoctoral Fellow, First Nations Innovation Project, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick

Heather Hudson, University of Alaska Anchorage

Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Lyle Fabian, K'atl'odeeche First Nation

IT Manager, K'atl'odeeche First Nation, Northwest Territories

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Published

2014-03-20

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Special Issue: Building the First Mile

Section

Notes from the field