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This changes everything: Four ways broadband is benefiting Canadians

The Health Bus, operated by Toronto's Sherbourne Health Centre, didn't pick up a single passenger in 2005. But it did serve over 19,000 individuals, stopping at homeless shelters and drop-in centres to bring health services to some of society's most vulnerable citizens. Now with a second Health Bus en route, and more than 50 volunteer nurses, the Health Centre is planning to enhance services, using Bell's new EV-DO wireless broadband.

EV-DO (Evolution, Data Optimized), Canada's first 3G wireless data network, will enable nurses to dispatch and receive medical charts. They'll also save space, since paper files won't be needed on the crowded bus.

Basically broadband-to-go, EV-DO is just one example of how investing in infrastructure is equally an investment in the physical, economic and social well-being of Canadians.

Bell offers broadband services such as streaming video to 4.3 million households in the Québec City-to-Windsor corridor. And we continue to build on that foundation. In 2005, we:

• rolled out broadband to 1,672 more neighbourhoods
• began testing Wi-MAX in Madoc, Ontario. It's wireless technology that has the potential to deliver wireless broadband to sparsely populated rural areas as well as densely populated urban areas
• forged the Inukshuk alliance with Rogers Communications to jointly build and manage a national wireless broadband network. Within six months - in April 2006 - we launched the initial phase in 20 centres across Canada, providing customers with wireless Internet access and secure data transmission. By the end of 2008, Inukshuk will reach two-thirds of Canadians, including approximately 100 unserved rural and remote communities
• Partnered with Nortel Networks in Chapleau, Ontario, to study how broadband stimulates economic and social activity in remote communities.

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