Analysis of the urban/rural broadband divide in Canada: Using GIS in planning terrestrial wireless deployment

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 454-479

  Sawada, M ^a   Cossette, Daniel ^a   Wellar, Barry ^a   Kurt, Tolga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

802.16; 802.22; Accessibility; Broadband divide; GIS; Infrastructure; Internet; Public policy; Social equity; Spatial analysis; Terrestrial wireless; WiMAX; Wireless

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751550552     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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