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Digital Divide

How far will you go to plug into the Internet?

Globe and Mail Update

To access the Internet outside Canada's urban centres, you sometimes need to be part engineer, part lumberjack and part magician to get a connection.

Our readers tell us that they have to climb 60-foot trees to secure a clear spot for wireless antennas. Others run wireless keys up flag poles or dangle them outside windows. Share your stories with us in the Comments section.

If you'd like to replay Monday's online reader discussion on the digital divide between urban and rural Canada, click on the live blog box below.