Rural High-speed Internet

• 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
  
• Alberta invests $390M in high-speed internet for rural, remote and Indigenous communities

  The province says around 80 per cent of Indigenous communities and 67 per cent of rural and remote communities do not have access to reliable, high-speed internet.

  Consumer

  Mar 2, 2022
  
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• Alberta commits $150M to boost rural high-speed internet, seeks private and federal support

  The province said 80 per cent of First Nations and 67 per cent of rural areas in Alberta don't have reliable high-speed internet access.

  Consumer

  Jul 22, 2021
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• Canada’s newest minister says high-speed internet is a ‘necessity’ but can she deliver in rural areas?

  Will Canada's first-ever minister of Rural Economic Development bring faster internet to rural areas or is it all just window-dressing ahead of the 2019 federal election?

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2019
• Feds to telecoms: use or lose your wireless spectrum licences

  Some rural Internet providers say they have waited for years for the chance to bid on this spectrum – radio waves that can be used to provide wireless Internet service.

  Money

  Nov 14, 2013