 Welcome to JSA TV, the newsroom for tech and telecom professionals and JSA radio, the voice of tech and telecom on iHeart Radio. I'm Barb Mitchell and I'm here today with Rob Barlow, president and CEO of YRIE. Rob, thanks for coming. Oh, thanks for having me. Just before Christmas there was some great news that came out of the government of Canada regarding new essential services for Canadians. Can you talk a little bit about how that impacts your business? Well, for one thing it really validated our whole business plan. It basically stated that the digital economy is important for the government of Canada and we are going to be enhancing the ability for citizens of Canada to actually access digital technologies. And it's very important and specifically YRIE is very happy to participate in such a pro program. It's something that, you know, it's going to get us started. This really focuses on enhancing what's out there and also building NetNew. And I know that education is always a big priority for YRIE. So can you talk a little bit about some of the things that you want to focus on with regard to education around some of your customers and the industry in general? Well, what we find is that people don't know what they don't know. And it's important to educate the end customer to make them understand that technologies such as Ethernet and that the fact that you don't have to, you know, be satisfied with like for like and procurement contracts and things like that, that Ethernet is here to stay. The growth of Ethernet is exponentially 20 to 40% annual growth per year. It's something that YRIE is very passionate about, making sure people understand the things that you can do. It's really something that enhances productivity, unleashes the potential of businesses and communities and citizens of Canada. And with 2017 now upon us, can you talk about some of the new things that you'll be working on this year and in the years ahead? Well, basically we're really focusing on making sure that our network that's out there today is, I mean, being utilized with partners, making sure that the business case that we have is facilitated correctly. Of course, new funding like the government of Canada has put out there for the digital economy really helps our case. Great. Well, thanks again, Rob. Thanks for coming. And thanks to all of you for tuning in to JSA TV and JSA Radio.