High Speed Internet

• Feds promise high-speed internet to 3,600 more homes in rural Manitoba

  Ottawa is spending $38 million on four projects that will bring high-speed internet to just over 3,600 households in rural and northern Manitoba.

  Tech

  Nov 15
  
• Alberta latest province to bring Starlink high-speed internet to some rural areas

  The Alberta government announced Thursday it will be providing Starlink hardware rebates for Albertans who live in two rural areas on the southern border of the province.

  Consumer

  Nov 16, 2023
  
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• Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch

  The company said the technology will provide a homegrown alternative to high-speed internet service offered to rural Canadians through SpaceX's Starlink low-earth orbit satellites.

  Consumer

  Jul 31, 2023
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• Criminal property funds to go toward northern Manitoba internet connections, province says

  Kelvin Goertzen announced that $100,000 from the Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund is earmarked for a project connecting remote First Nations communities with high-speed internet.

  Tech

  Jul 25, 2023
• Biden vows high-speed internet access across U.S. by 2030: ‘Absolute necessity’

  Biden announced that more than $40 billion would be distributed across the country to deliver high-speed internet in places where there's either no service, or service is too slow.

  U.S. News

  Jun 26, 2023
• Alberta town of Vermilion takes matters into its own hands to get high speed internet

  Slow and unreliable internet was hurting business in Vermilion, so the town took matters in to its own hands and partnered with a private company. Brooks is doing the same.

  Canada

  Dec 26, 2022
• Trudeau stops in N.B., announces $500M more for rural high-speed internet access

  PM Trudeau made the announcement today in Oromocto, N.B., where he said the money will help connect another 60,000 homes in Canada to high-speed internet.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• Feds, Ontario to spend $56M for high-speed internet to 16,000 rural homes in eastern Ontario

  The combined funding of $56 million will support three high-speed internet access projects by Cogeco and Bell Canada, officials said Wednesday.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2022
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• Rural communities in the Kingston, Ont. region hope faster internet is on the horizon

  Ontario residents of rural communities hope the province's promise of expanding broadband internet will end their connectivity woes.

  Tech

  Aug 15, 2022
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• Cogeco Communications Q3 profit increases 5% to $100.3 million

  The Montreal-based company says profit attributable to shareholders was the equivalent of $2.16 per diluted share, up from $2.01 per share or $95.7 million a year earlier.

  Money

  Jul 13, 2022