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Rossland won’t lag behind in broadband issue ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
Rossland will be going ahead and participating of the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation’s plan to connect the Columbia Basin with high speed broadband internet. The decision came about in an in-camera meeting after the regular council meeting and was declassified. Coun. Jody Blomme, was
glad to hear the news, as she had been pushing for Rossland’s involvement from the time she first attended one of the presentations put on by the CBBT. The CBBT is a part of Columbia Basin Trust. Blomme said that while the motion does leave a wide variety of options for how the city will implement the broadband, it recognizes the need to commit. “Just imagine, Trail has com-
mitted to this and so if people are thinking of moving to the area and they need access to that broadband then they’re going to work or even live down in Trail as opposed to Rossland,� Blomme said. The next step is to make the commitment official with CBT and then follow their lead. Blomme said the city has laid conduit, the pipes that carry the broadband fibre, over the course of the Columbia infrastructure project. Fibre would
be the next step in the physical process of installing the broadband. Blomme said that one of the points the economic development task force in Rossland put forth in a report was the opportunity for Rossland to attract internet based entrepreneurs people who depend on servers and the internet to work away from their company. “One of the things that they said they wanted to focus on is to be appealing to nomadic
entrepreneurs,� she said. “This is a huge step towards that. We need good broadband to attract the nomadic entrepreneurs.� On Monday, the motion: That council commit to cbbc to extend the fibre to City hall, other municipal buildings and the downtown core.� passed. The CAO’s report stated that the investment should be viewed as a long term one and it is unlikely that the financial See City on P. 3
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