Articles Related to rural broadband

Communications & Telecom

Broadband woes derailing smart farming initiatives: CRRBC panel

Paul Barker - September 30, 2022

Statistics can be a friend or foe when attempting to prove a point, and they certainly worked in Peter Sykanda’s favour at an education...

Infrastructure

Telesat to receive $400 million investment from Quebec

Tom Li - February 22, 2021

The new funding is in addition to the CA$600 million from the federal government announced last year.

Infrastructure

SpaceX Starlink satellite internet now taking pre-orders in Canada

Tom Li - February 9, 2021

But pre-ordering does not guarantee service.

Infrastructure

Bell increases internet speeds for 80,000 rural homes by the end of 2020

Tom Li - September 15, 2020

More rural residents can enjoy faster internet soon.

Infrastructure

Rural Ontario could have gigabit internet in as little as three to five years, says EORN

Tom Li - August 24, 2020

Gigabit internet access is within reach for Canadians in rural Ontario.

Government & Public Sector

Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ region gets $69.2 million broadband boost

Brian Jackson - October 6, 2017

An area that is home to First Nations and offers promising mining opportunities is getting funding to lay down broadband infrastructure.

Government & Public Sector

CRTC has wrong focus on digital divide, carriers complain

Howard Solomon - June 8, 2016

Concentrate on access and affordability, not a grand strategy, Canadian Telecom Summit told

Government & Public Sector

CRTC to review satellite Internet pricing in Nunavut, N.W.T. and Yukon

Nestor E. Arellano - April 16, 2015

Internet speeds in Nunavut and parts of the North West Territories and Yukon are among the slowest in the country but people in these communities pay higher fees for the service than users elsewhere in Canada.

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