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Supernet a powerful tool
Kelly Barrett
Staff Reporter
Recently, Camrose became the newest community to be added as an access site to a groundbreaking, high-tech means of conferencing that will prove to be immensely beneficial in communications.
Communities without Boundaries director, Donna Phillips, held an information conference on Oct.31, to offer informative education on the service to which Camrose now has access.
It is the wave of future in communications, said Phillips.
The Alberta SuperNet consists of a broadband network linking over 4,200 government, health, library and education facilities in 429 communities across the province at affordable and sustainable costs to the Alberta Government.
The project is a broadband superhighway, which was conceived and developed by the Government of Alberta, Bell Canada and a company called Axia NetMedia. The service brings affordable, high-speed network access and opens the door to new, economic opportunities that might not be otherwise available to the urban public.
Imagine the convenience and savings that your business could enjoy, when, instead of the expense, travel time, winter road conditions and manpower involved in sending employees to travel to several necessary meetings and conferences every year, the net-working could be done from the comfort and convenience of your own office.
With the new SuperNet system, networking merely requires pouring yourself a cup of coffee, settling in front of your monitor or television screen and connecting with a dozen or even hundreds of other participants in real time.
At the Oct. 31, conference, attendees were situated around a large television screen that was partitioned into 12 different screens. Each screen served as the office for different participants, with a total of 214 attendees. The screens rotated to different locations across Alberta. Information was given, questions were asked and answered and everybody even took a lunch break at the same time. It was a virtual conference that served the same purpose that it would have if everyone involved had gotten into their cars, traveled and gathered in a boardroom.
The SuperNet Advantage is not just for large corporations and companies.
Rosana Ramos, a farmer who lives in Hanna, Alberta, has personally experienced the benefits of the new technology.
Farming is a big business just like any other, said Ramos. And you need to keep up with the times.
Farmers can gain access to veterinary reports for information on current animal diseases, quarantined zones and feedlots, and can also use the system to track origin and health details on cattle before they are purchased.
For more information on the SuperNet Advantage or for help, visit www.albertasupernet.ca
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