Video communication roadblocks facing remote indigenous communities

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 16-22

  O'Donnell, Susan ^a   Perley, Sonja ^b   Simms, Deanne ^a   Hancock, Brecken Rose ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Communities; Educational institutions; Interviews; Organizations; Teleconferencing; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONS; VIDEOCONFERENCE;

TELECONFERENCING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 67649866315     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2009.932798     Document Type: Article

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