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• What Chattanooga’s Community Internet Expansion Means For Startups

• Tennessee’s EPB Launches First Community-Wide 25 Gig Internet Service In The U.S.

• Improved internet connectivity on the way for northern B.C. communities

• Why many Atlantic Canadian farmers struggle to adopt high‑tech solutions — and what can be done to change that

• Could Investments in Community Broadband Bridge the Digital Divide?

• Chattanooga introduces country’s first community-wide 25 Gig network

• Rural Homes with Persistent Poverty Have Less Access to Internet, Says USDA

• What’s New in Digital Equity: The Rise of Digital Skills Training

• Orbia’s Connectivity Solutions Business, Dura-Line, Expanding Global Footprint into Western Canada

• ‘G’ I’m Confused: Campy 5G vs. 10G messaging confuses consumers — Greenblatt

• Rural electric co-ops are the fastest growing group of broadband providers

• MCSnet fibre build bringing the world to rural Athabasca

• Smart streetscapes center plans community-driven research in 3 cities

• How wireless technologies can help farmers save water

• Broadband pricey for remote residents

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Loses Starlink Rural Broadband Subsidies

• Poor broadband access in rural areas limits telemedicine use: study

• Data sovereignty: the value of keeping your cybersecurity data in Canada

• The Hardest Letter in ESG Is Fast Becoming ‘S’

• Oxio warns of internet slowdowns for Ontario customers due to July 8 Rogers outage

• Poor rural broadband risks “excluding people from modern life”

• OneWeb and Eutelsat merger sets up a European satellite internet giant to take on SpaceX, Amazon

• Prince George’s Named #1 Digital County

• New industry group aims to give municipal broadband a boost, raises $100K

• Indigenous community welcomes phone and internet reception

• Growing the Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture

• Digital Placemaking

• SpaceX Starlink to Become Primary Internet for Northern Manitoba School Division

• The median American considers 50/5 Mbps as broadband — Entner

• Annual government report shows Canadian internet prices rose since 2019

• New SFU-based centre to make B.C. a global ‘frontrunner’ in agritech

• Massachusetts issues RFP for open access fiber network

• From Smart to Intelligent – a WIN for Fredericton

• FCC chair pushes for gigabit speed broadband

• FCC Looks to Raise Minimum Broadband Speed Metric From 25Mbps to 100Mbps

• Microsoft tires of waiting on FCC, creates its own broadband mapping tool

• Research Report: Telework – and Good Broadband Connectivity – Affected Employment Levels During Pandemic

• OneWeb backs up Starlink 5G interference warning

• Quality of life data in Halifax scores an international platinum certification

• It’s time to treat cellphones and the internet like the essential infrastructure they are

• Fast, reliable internet, cell coverage coming to Nass Valley

• How Do Speed, Infrastructure, Access, and Adoption Inform Broadband Policy?

• Millions To Expand High Speed Internet In New Brunswick

• Broadband Stats: Fast Internet Is an Economic Powerhouse

• 5G for 12 GHz Coalition snaps back at Starlink ‘misinformation campaign’

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• Smart Living for Smart Cities: Community Study, Ways and Means – Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements

• Smart farms: sharing ideas to help ageing landowners

• Heterogeneous Impacts of Rural Broadband and Broadband Programs

• Best 5G Home Internet July 2022

• Study Finds Broadband has a Major Impact on  Economic Growth

• Smart Farm Leverages Private LTE Network. Robotics

• Amazing Internet,
  Only $60. Purple Cow in Nova Scotia

• Turning seafood waste into sustainable packaging

• Broadband speeds have significant impact on Economy, Research Director says

• Pictou County business development group rebrands itself

• Amazon’s satellite internet service could be coming to Canada

• More Cariboo communities connected to high-speed internet

• The 5 Biggest Disadvantages Of Starlink Internet

• The smart city is a perpetually unrealized utopia

• How to leverage infrastructure and network for new business opportunities

• More than half of rural Ottawa homes still dealing with slow internet speeds

• 5 innovative projects for more sustainable cities

• Here’s why Park Place Condos is the community of the future

• Special technology improves farm life in Shubenacadie

• Investments totalling nearly $124 million to enhance Internet service in the Nord-du-Québec region

• Durham Region named one of the top seven Intelligent Communities in the world

 

• Developing an equitable Mobility-as-a‑Service system: A case study from the Smart Columbus Program

• Bringing Broadband to the Arctic

• A Traffic Jam On The Internet Superhighway

• Fixed Wireless Technologies and Their Suitability for Broadband Delivery

• SpaceX Says 5G Interference Could Make Starlink Internet ‘Unusable’

• Governments of Canada and Alberta invest nearly $500,000 to bring high-speed Internet to 280 households in West Bragg Creek, Alberta

• Research uncovers ‘digital poverty’ across North West England’s rural communities

• Alberta municipalities see fibre broadband future in public-private partnerships

• From Surviving to Thriving: How Smart Companies is Leveling the Playing Field for Underserved Entrepreneurs

• Broadband as fundmental right will reduce poverty

• AI-enabled cameras and lidar can improve traffic today and support the AVs of tomorrow

• Report shows how broadband adoption will help grow rural economies

• Eligible Quebec Households Get Subsidy Letter for SpaceX’s Starlink Internet

• The 3 Best Satellite Internet Providers of 2022

• Expanding broadband access a digital infrastructure priority of governments across the country

• Building Resilient Cities That Are Ready for Climate Change

• GN Reaches Milestone for Internet Fibre Link

• Broadband Is Continuing to Explode: Here’s What It Means for Rural Communities

• Telus, RMWB partnership breaks ground on high-speed internet network for rural, Indigenous communities

• HughesNet Named Best Rural Internet Provider, Best Satellite Internet Provider by U.S. News & World Report

• Nova Scotia’s ‘low-wage economy’ and the impact it’s having on people

• The Big Dig versus the Big Squeeze – how European ISPs can ensure gigabit broadband is both profitable and affordable

 

• We are bringing high speed internet to rural Canada.

• Fallen tree causes phone and internet service outages across swath of northern B.C.

• Advocates Highlight Health, Equity Benefits of New Broadband Initiative

• Robots could help fill agriculture worker shortage, but internet coverage needs to improve

• CBA woos new borrowers with free internet

• Minister Humphreys announces plans for additional trial locations of Microsoft Airband Initiative

• Smart Living Is The Smart Bet For Broadband Operators

• Emera Technologies and NOVONIX Launch Made-In-Atlantic-Canada Microgrid Battery

• A quick study in climate-smart agriculture

• IoT for Education: Top 3 Ways IoT Can Enhance Learning for Students

• MCSnet Partners with the County of Barrhead to Enhance Rural Broadband

• LETTER: P.E.I. government’s sketchy broadband promises

• What’s New in Digital Equity: GAO Calls for National Digital Inclusion Strategy

• GAO Identifies Over 100 Federal Broadband Programs, Urges Better Coordination

• Every home in Prince Edward Island to get connected to high-speed Internet thanks to federal-provincial partnership

• Ottawa spending $55M to connect rural N.B. communities to high speed internet

• New poll finds one-third of young adults have experienced online harassment in the past year

• Is 5G Worth the Hype?

• What’s New in Digital Equity: The Digital Divide’s Generational Impact

• Canada takes 103rd place in study examining worldwide broadband cost

• SpaceX’s Starlink launches $135-a-month internet service for RVs

• Farm Supply Co-ops Can Lead the Way for On-Farm Private Broadband

• Broadband for Communities

• It’s time for Toronto to create an affordable high-speed internet network

• LA competitor to Starlink’s mobile broadband? Guess who…

• How Much Upload Speed Do You Really Need?

• Lessons Learned from the Pandemic are Critical to Canada’s Economic Recovery

• Is 5G Safe?

• Municipal Broadband: Using Today’s Technology to Support Communities’ Futures

• Feds to spend 1 million for SpaceX Starlink High-Speed Internet to 1,162 homes in Manitoba

• What the Rogers-Shaw merger battle says about the state of competition in Canada

• Smart Farm Leverages Private LTE Network, Robotics

• Indigenous-owned service connects Far North to high-speed internet

• Opinion: It’s Time for All Families to Have Internet at Home

• White House says its broadband deal will cut internet costs for millions of Americans

• Free Internet for 48 million low-income homes under deal between U.S. and web access firms

• Toronto is giving up on North America’s largest municipal broadband network

• Amazon has bold ambitions to take on SpaceX in the satellite internet business

• Arabsat orders first fully software-defined satellite

• ‘Rapid Expansion’ Puts a Strain on Starlink’s Customer Support

• More high-speed internet for Northumberland County, Belleville, ON

• Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds
  
  

• Beyond 5G: The Next Generation of Wireless Is Around the Corner

• 1st tower installed in Pictou County internet project

• How is technology turning cities into Smart Cities?

• Hackers Are Timing Ransomware Attacks to Hit Farmers During Harvest Season

• Bridge the Digital Divide for Indigenous Communities

• Policy Shift Needed to Improve Broadband Access for Rural and Remote Residents: Senators Patterson and Black

• Closing the gap for high-speed internet for all of HRM

• What Internet Speed Do I Need for Streaming Services?

• Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities to Deliver Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund

• There is a rural-urban divide in P.E.I.

• Three Ways ISPs Tackle The Global Broadband Compensation Trend

• Amazon signs multibillion-dollar Project Kuiper launch contracts

• Speedcast sees a dearth of satellite capacity ahead

• Here’s a map of the government’s Universal Broadband Fund projects

 

• Trust needed just as much as technology to close Tribal broadband gap

• Telehealth and Broadband Adoption

• Broadband affordability called vital

• Governments of Canada and Ontario invest up to $24 million to bring high-speed internet to up to 1,180 rural households

• Electoral directors look at a public Internet model

• The link between net connectivity and health

• Boost Your Business Technology

• Prague recognized as Smart Rural Community

• 5G broadband goes to the stratosphere

• Ontario Connecting More Communities to High-Speed Internet Access

• Rural villages build their own fibre broadband network

• Satellite internet services like Elon Musk’s Starlink won’t make giant undersea cables extinct, experts say

• Free internet using TVWS technology in Parit Sulong

• Province announces $390 million investment in rural broadband

• 3G’s Sunset Takes Aging Cars and Medical Devices With It 

• Smart Cities: A New Chapter in the IoT Journey

• How To Avoid The Digital Transformation Pitfall Of Smart Silos

• What are SMART Communities? Strategies, examples and more

• ICF Names the Smart21 Communities of 2022

• LightBox CEO says more states are taking broadband mapping into their own hands

• Fiber-Fed Broadband Will Heal the Digital Divide.

• Rural electric co-ops are the fastest growing group of broadband providers

• Facebook to begin laying cable through fishing grounds off Nova Scotia

• First Nations press for unused wireless spectrum in quest for better connectivity

• Looming 3G shutdowns could widen connectivity gap for rural citizens

• Rural ISPs Boost Digital Transformation in Underserved Communities

• U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski’s rural plan pushes for making broadband a public utility

• Op-ed | LEO broadband: Will this time be different?

• TV service might end in some Canadian communities next year: advocate

• The Number of cities with Municipal Broadband has Jumped over 450% in two years

• Slower internet spurs calls for better connection in Nunavut

• Now is the time to aim high and look local on broadband

• Here’s a map of the world’s fastest and slowest internet speeds

• Rogers Ranked by Ookla as Canada’s Most Consistent National Wireless and Broadband Provider, with Fastest Internet in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador

• Eskasoni businesses ‘level up’ with high-speed fibre optic internet

• Maintaining viability of rural communities is top legislative priority for Indiana Farm Bureau

• Starlink’s reach won’t be enough to solve rural broadband dilemma

• Airbus moves forward with new agreement to test Zephyr as a space-based high-bandwidth connectivity platform

• Telus now offers its ‘Internet for Good’ program to seniors in Alberta and B.C.

• Hopes for farm-wide wi-fi within 18 months

• Best communities in Canada: Why Atlantic Canada comes out on top

• B.C.’s newest home internet service provider launches in Richmond

• Broadband Drives Growth in Women-led Rural Entrepreneurship

• Struggle for internet equality in rural Burlington continues

• SaskTel announces 24 more rural communities to get fibre optic internet service

• Digital equity, one mile of cable at a time

• Make sure municipal internet saves residents, doesn’t create new costs

• Maintaining viability of rural communities is top legislative priority for Indiana Farm Bureau

• Canadians launched 100s of wireless and internet complaints against telecom giants to watchdog: report

• County of Kings boosts Canada’s rural connectivity with ADVA

• How many people in the world have never used the Internet?

• Government of Manitoba partners with Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider to improve 5G access in hundreds of communities

• Federal government makes $1.15 billion available for rural broadband

• Satellite internet a ‘game changer’ for rural and northern Ontario, but some say fibre should still come first

• Nova Scotia Power: changing standards to match declining performance

• The future of American farming demands high-speed internet solutions

• Why billions in broadband money may go to the wrong places

• The Internet is held together with Spit and Baling Wire

• SpaceX Starlink User Receives The New Rectangular Antenna & Conducts Internet Speed Test – Unboxing Video

• Municipalities push for provincial broadband strategy

• IBM announces 350 more jobs in Nova Scotia expansion

• Faster Home Broadband Should Be Enshrined in Law

• Improvements coming for Indigenous communities with $300-million connectivity roll-out in Alberta

• Abbotsford: Cultivating a skilled workforce

• Service minister Nate Glubish provides timeline for rural broadband internet

• Starlink internet is experiencing worldwide service interruptions

• The Look at the Future of Smart Cities and the Many Benefits of a Smart City

• Small towns offer cash to lure telecommuters

• NDP pitches better high-speed internet access for rural Alberta

• Connecting communities: Rogers to Bring its Fibre-Powered Network to Residents and Businesses in Ludlow, New Brunswick

• AG’s report on connectivity in Nova Scotia finds disconnect with taxpayers

• Auditor general says N.S. gave up control of $193M for internet projects too soon

• Xplornet completes big step toward high-speed internet for all of P.E.I.

• Starlink Disappoints Pre-Order Customers by Pushing Back Delivery Times

• Commentary: You Can’t Spell ‘Broadband’ Without ‘Accountability’

• First Three Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grants Awarded

• Quebecor Wireless Launch to Proceed; Telus and Bell Accused of Stall Tactics

• U.S. satellite TV firm Dish ties up with Cisco to sell 5G to businesses

• Infrastructure law: High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity

• The Largest U.S. Investment in Broadband Deployment Ever

• Editorial: Rural connectivity gap widening

• Tesla begins installing Starlink satellite dishes at Superchargers [Update]

• Eskasoni businesses ‘level up’ with high-speed fibre optic internet

• ADVA is helping the County of Kings to close the digital divide in Nova Scotia rural communities

• Jump-Starting Indigenous Connectivity: Webinar on Real-World Projects

• Unlimited internet now available in Dawson City, Watson Lake

• It’s Embarrassing to Be an American

• Boeing Receives FCC Approval for Satellite Internet System

• AT&T is powering a unique IoT system: Cows connected with smart sensors

• New study says average temperatures are rising in Nova Scotia

• Canada and U.S. to invest heavily in ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

• Starlink nightmare: Moving service location a few feet delays orders until 2023

• Bell customers report phones wrongly fell back 1 hour this weekend

• Hands-free farming: Metro Vancouver’s UP Vertical Farms allows 24/7 growing

• Here’s how a vast subsea cable involving Norway could improve internet service in Inuit communities

• SpaceX Updates Starlink Website, Says Internet Download Speeds Are Much Faster Over 100 Mbps

• The Future of American Farming Demands Broadband

• Verizon wants to use Amazon satellites to bring broadband to rural areas

• Amazon’s broadband satellite venture Kuiper teams up with Verizon to expand 5G coverage

• Public-private partnerships poised to play pivotal part in fiber proliferation

• The Future of Satellite Broadband

• CENGN Announces Rural Ontario High-Speed Internet Project for Lakeside Residents

• They milk cows don’t they?

• Hands-Free Farm turns to drilling after good harvest

• In Sonoma County “Regenerative Agriculture is the next big thing”

• Broadband Service Providers Can Chart a Path To Deliver Community Coverage With Revenue EDGE Wi-Fi On the Go From Calix

• Minding the citizen-utility gap

• AG Finds Lack Of Oversight In Funding Rural Internet

• Xplornet now offering gigabit internet service at 6,500 Haldimand locations

• Two small towns in Ontario were just named among the best places in Canada

• U.S. Government Is Spending $42.5 Billion To Own The “New Internet”

• Over Half World’s Population Now Using Mobile Internet

• The best 5G home internet: Your broadband options

• Infrastructure Bill Opportunity to Show Efficiency of Shared Infrastructure, Conference Hears

• Examples of sustainable cities and smart cities

• Smart Cities: The Role Of Businesses In Improving Digital And Physical Infrastructure

• Dissatisfied with local internet options, rural N.B. residents turn to satellite service

• Xplornet Launching Canada’s First Rural 5G Standalone Network

• Microsoft and an Army of Tiny Telecoms Are Part of a Plan to Wire Rural America

• Will $65B Broadband Investment Close the Digital Divide?

• Imagine a fiber optic cable that can sense it’s about to be dug up and send a warning

• Starlink Made Lots of People Happy With Satellite Broadband

• Digital Egypt aims to achieve transformation into integrated digital community

• Civic Innovation Challenge awards support community-based solutions to mobility and disaster resilience

• N.S. Crown corporation made over $100M off region’s first startup ‘unicorn’

• Scores of internet-providing satellites will soon streak across Canada’s skies, but at what cost?

• Data Again Shows That U.S. Broadband Is Painfully Mediocre

• Internet freedom down globally as many countries exploit tech regulations, report finds

• The World’s Most Used Apps, by Downstream Traffic

• CowManager’s Advanced Cow Monitoring System

• Elon Musk announced that Starlink’s satellite-internet service will come out of its beta-testing phase next month

• How Canada’s oldest town held a ‘rural renaissance’ to save itself

• Small Town Businesses, Big Rural Broadband Opportunities

• Opinion: Rural communities are essential to Canada’s recovery 

• Election 2021: Rural broadband tops SARM’s election wish list

• Can Elon Musk’s Satellite Wi-Fi Improve Digital Equity?

• Broadband Internet Expansion Funding Across Rural Canada and US is Underway

• New version of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites to begin launching Monday

• Microsoft president: ‘Shame on us if we fail’ to provide broadband internet to more Americans

Ookla data shows improving world download speeds, Canada drops out of Top 10

• RMA releases its federal election platform

• Fresh Approach Needed for ‘Broadband Nation’: Organization Behind Canada’s Largest Rural Network Calls on Federal Parties

• Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents

• SpaceX Starlink customers who paid a $100 deposit 7 months ago are frustrated at being unable to contact customer service to see when their kits will arrive

• Limited Broadband Poses a Significant Barrier to Telehealth Access

• Windstream beginning seven rural broadband projects using public-private partnerships

• OneWeb Q&A: Fully funded to craft the art of the possible

• Public-Private Partnerships Offer Digital Divide Solution

• Fresh Approach Needed for ‘Broadband Nation’: Organization Behind Canada’s Largest Rural Network Calls on Federal Parties

• Frost: BlackBerry IVY is fundamental to the auto industry and smart cities

• Hate 9-5? Gig Work Is a Better Option Than Ever

• The Foundation of Internet:  TCP/IP turns 40

• Rural young Kansans cite childcare, broadband access, housing as reasons for outmigration

• Virtual PT During COVID Exposed Internet Gaps For Rural Kids

• All future Starlink satellites will have laser crosslinks

• Bell, Telus ask Federal Court to block Quebecor’s purchase of 5G airwaves in Western Canada

• Elon Musk: ‘Bezos retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX’

• OPINION: Universal access to high-speed internet must be a national priority

• Rural areas need money for expanded broadband access

• Sask. RMs association calls on federal government to prioritize rural cell service, internet

• Rural broadband a key issue for area farmers

• Test results show most Hamilton internet users couldn’t access minimum speeds needed for daily use

• The benefits and costs of broadband expansion

• Facebook and Google are laying another giant undersea internet cable, this time stretching 7,500 miles between 6 Asian countries

• Conservatives, NDP promise northerners housing, broadband internet

• Demand for SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Internet Pushes Wait Times to 2023

• SpaceX’s Starlink satellites near-misses with other spacecraft are getting ‘out of control’, experts say

• Getting Connected:  Municipal networks could prove key to fixing the digital divide across the United States.

• This is how much data we’re using on our phones

• Valley Fiber Inks $328 Million Dollar Rural Internet Partnership

• Competition could fill broadband gaps

• John Deere’s Acquisition of Bear Flag Puts Autonomy in Driver’s Seat

• University of Waterloo launches Canada’s first driverless, autonomous 5G shuttle

• EORN Gig Project left out of federal funding announcement of $362 million to improve high speed internet connectivity

• Water Pipes Could Offer Broadband Boost To Rural Homes

• Accelerating the Cultivation of Canadian Agtech

• Chattanooga expands ‘Smart Corridor’ project with US$1.37 million grant

• Our wireless spectrum belongs to all Canadians. It’s time to reform our approach to ensure equitable, affordable, high-speed access for all

• SpaceX Preps ‘Ruggedized’ Starlink Dish for Cars, Boats, and Planes

• The smart home and the need for better broadband

• Province investing in low earth orbit satellite project aimed at delivering high speed internet to rural areas

• Feds should take ‘long, hard look’ at 5G spectrum auction: BCE CEO

• Speed Tests Show Starlink Is Now Nearly As Fast As Broadband

• Corning on fiber momentum: We’ve ‘never seen anything like this’

• Feds announce $41M in funding for high-speed internet for Manitoba rural, First Nations communities

• Government of Canada aims to improve spectrum access for rural and remote connectivity – Proposed changes to spectrum policy would put more spectrum to use for rural Canadians

• CRTC Broadband Fund to introduce or improve Internet access services and mobile wireless services for 46 communities in five provinces

• Governments of Canada and Ontario invest $252 million to bring high-speed Internet to southwestern Ontario

• Biden seeks return of net neutrality, greater competition among ISPs in executive order

• HOUSE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES $50 BILLION FOR RURAL BROADBAND

• This school-in-a-bag helps educate the most remote areas

• Everyone In Canada Needs to Change Their Wireless Carrier

• John Deere thinks rural 5G could help feed the world

• How 5G is helping to connect rural communities

• Rural broadband US coverage map

• Feds, Quebec to Spend $127 Million to Expand Rural Broadband

• FBA tips household broadband speed need to surpass 2 Gbps by 2030

• The Digital Infrastructure We Need — and How to Pay for It

• The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga

• How rain, wind, heat and other heavy weather can affect your internet connection

• Rogers 5G Reaches Halifax as Nova Scotia’s First and Only 5G Network

• Two-thirds of Canadians want hybrid model or a 15-minute commute to work after pandemic

• New Fact Sheet: Snapshots of Municipal Broadband

• Rural Nova Scotians say province’s online forest harvest map is ‘inaccessible’ due to internet speeds

• State of Agriculture: Rural internet connectivity an obstacle for Sask. during pandemic

• $21.65 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 2,500 households in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region by September 2022

• A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of

• CRTC scraps plan to mandate lower wholesale internet rates

• Virtual health-care program kicks off in Nova Scotia communities

• Government of Canada announces decision to triple spectrum available for Wi-Fi, bringing faster Internet to Canadians

• High-speed fibre internet on the horizon for Chippewas of the Thames First Nation

• When it comes to municipal broadband, this Washington state utility was way ahead of the game

• Rural Areas Are Looking for Workers. They Need Broadband to Get Them.

• “The Internet Is A Lifeline”  – Internet Society report asks you to ‘imagine living through 2020 without the Internet’

• Big Lakes connects to internet group

• Academic Expert Says Internet Has Become a Vital Utility

• CIRA surpasses 1 million Internet Performance Tests

• Midcoast towns working to create regional high-speed internet network

• Spend money now on high-speed internet, eastern Ontario group urges

• Fibre optics seen as solution to rural internet problems

• New Speedtest data show Starlink internet speeds and latency are all over the place

• Greater Sudbury library is now lending Wi-Fi internet connections

• $38M to provide high-speed Internet access to more than 2,850 households in the Granit RCM by September 2022

• Biden says Harris will lead rural broadband initiative

• Union says Canada Post could deliver banking and internet services to rural areas

• How Starlink, Project Kuiper and other broadband providers could change society

• N.S. seafood companies say ‘extremely frustrating’ internet service affecting business

• Teenager bringing high-speed internet to rural communities other telcos ‘forget‘

• Hundreds lose internet service in northern B.C. after beaver chews through cable

• China builds world’s largest internet test facility backbone network

• Fisheries Minister weighs in on Federal Budget

• Government of Canada invests to bring high-speed Internet to 756 households in Halton region

• Canada is lagging behind on tackling our internet-connection crisis

• Ottawa adds $1B to broadband fund for rural, remote communities

• Federal government pledges an additional $1 billion to Universal Broadband Fund

• Tax on Big Tech in federal budget will bring in $3.4 billion

• Investment of nearly $87 million to provide high-speed Internet access to over 10,640 households in the Outaouais region by September 2022.

• Federation of Ontario Cottage Associations Throwing Support Behind Improved Internet Infrastructure.

• CRTC to allow small wireless carriers to piggyback on Big 3 networks.

• Shaw’s new Gig Wifi and Fibre+ Gateway 2.0 modem offer faster internet in the West.

• Canada’s Internet Equity Gap Rural residents suffer with inferior service during pandemic.

• Rogers for Business Invests in the West with Fibre Roll-out to Meet the Needs of Calgary Businesses

• Why broadband internet is as important as electricity for rural residents

• Expanding Broadband in Huron County;  Faster, Reliable Internet will Support the Creation of Local Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural Ontario

• As the digital divide widens, telecom policy is still an afterthought:  Connectivity is key to Canada’s economic growth and to addressing inequalities. And yet, telecom policy continues to be inconsistent and cumbersome.

• $19.8 million to provide high-speed Internet access to over 1600 households in Mauricie by September 2022

• New internet project approved for rural Newfoundland and Labrador

• Broadband bill has planning stipulation

• MOPC receives federal funding for high speed internet project

• Broadband expansion part of American Jobs Plan to rebuild country’s infrastructure

• Rural Communities Launch Publicly Owned Fiber Networks

• Broadband Essential to Post-Pandemic Economies

• Telus CEO is the king of telecom executive pay by a wide margin

• High-performance broadband coming to Holland Marsh

• The best rural internet providers of 2021

• Biden Seeks $100 Billion to Bring Fast, Affordable Broadband to All Americans

• Satellites have brightened the night sky by 10% – and it’s getting worse

• APAS Rural Connectivity Task Force releases recommendations

• Federal funding to help connect 1,200 northern Ontario homes to high-speed internet.

• AT&T lobbies against nationwide fiber, says 10Mbps uploads are good enough

• Shaw downplays Freedom Mobile’s impact on competition, trying to sell MPs on Rogers deal.

• Expansion of high-speed internet not speedy enough, say rural Nova Scotians

• OneWeb to launch broadband services in Canada by end of the year

• Infrastructure bank, private sector investors commit $260M for Man. internet project

• Province gives $10.5M to get high speed internet to rural coastal B.C.

• Fiber-optic infrastructure deal expected to give 49,000 rural Manitobans faster internet

• CityWest to receive more than $10 million for coastal internet projects.

• The time is right for Ottawa to fix Canada’s disgraceful telecom system.

• SWIFT awards contracts for expanding broadband internet across rural Perth

• Canada Infrastructure Bank and DIF Capital Partners to expand rural broadband in Manitoba

• Starlink provides rural Ontarians with hope for better internet

• Canada-Quebec Internet Plan to Cost $826 Million, Expand Access to 150,000 Homes

• Bell to Expand High Speed Internet to Nearly 31,000 Homes in Rural Quebec

• New economic model to make the case for rural connectivity

• New government fund aims to help grow high-tech agriculture

• Universal Broadband Fund-supported project to bring connectivity to rural New Brunswick

• Unprecedented agreement to connect nearly 150,000 Quebecers to high-speed Internet

• Rogers promises better rural internet; consumers and advocates want options

• North Perth shares details of planned broadband upgrades

• Xplornet Announces Major Fibre-To-The-Home Expansion in Rural Communities across Quebec

• CENGN PARTNERS WITH ROGERS TO BRING HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND TO THE HOLLAND MARSH AREA

• Expanding Access to Broadband in Elgin County

• Starlink internet service arrives in rural Canada

• 2021 – Week 12: The Rural Broadband Opportunity – A Wall Street Perspective
  (March 24, 2021 – 10am ET)

• Governments And Private Partners Must Work To Bridge The Digital Divide

• High-Speed Internet Comes to Households, Businesses in Laurentides Region

• Expanding Access to Broadband in Elgin County

• Universal Broadband Fund-supported projects will bring high-speed Internet to Alberta communities

• Council supports Bell funding application for high speed internet

• Opinion: The North needs more equitable, accessible Internet

• $7.5M project to boost high-speed internet in Middlesex County

• Broadband expansion announced for Perth County

• Telus and Universal Broadband Fund are bringing high-speed internet to rural areas of Alberta

• ‘We need the internet now’: Advocates call on government to make internet accessible — and affordable — to everyone

• Wisconsin Tethered Drone Project to Expand Rural Broadband

• SaskTel’s 5G network will be powered by Samsung, will go live first in Regina and Saskatoon

• World Wide Web Inventor: One-Third Of Young People Lack Internet Access

• Campaign pitches people on ditching big cities, moving to N.B.

• How Microsoft is bringing broadband to Indian villages

• RealAg LIVE! with Shaun Haney on the growing rural and urban divide

• Telus looking to increase wireless service in North Cowichan

• Mark September 2022 on your calendar – it’s celebration time

• Rogers expands affordable internet program with aim to reach 750,000 households

• Quebec to spend $660 million to bring high-speed Internet to all households by fall of 2022

• Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Is Not Full Solution

• Legislation would reduce cost, time of broadband development

• Quantifying the Benefits of Fiber

•  Senators Weigh in on Hotly Debated Broadband Speed Definition Argument

• Senators: Broadband Speed Minimum Should Be 100Mbps for Downloads and Uploads.

• Council to look at Elliot Lake broadband upgrade plan.

• Building networks not enough to expand rural broadband

• SaskTel Expands interNET and maxTV Stream to More Rural Communities

• Fort St. James officials challenge Telus on internet speeds

• EORN submits proposal for Gig Internet Project

• Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021.

• Shelter Valley residents receiving broadband boost

• Eastern Ontarians get a pricey taste of high-speed internet with Elon Musk’s Starlink

• Here are the changes to Canadian carrier rate plans this week.

• The Future Fix:  Smart Farms for Northern Communities

• SWIFT eyes lower density areas for next phase of rural broadband projects.

• Fibre optic internet service in sight for rural residents of Wellington North.

• TBM asks: How connected are you?

• In wake of Supreme Court ruling, TekSavvy urges CRTC to immediately implement 2019 wholesale rates and promote affordable internet

• Bell CEO’s broadband-connected cottage in Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., fuels bandwidth envy.

• It’s time to defund Big Tech and empower communities

• Struggle for accessibility in online learning has students “feeling left in the dust”

• Starlink internet in Canada: A remote worker’s experience so far

• EORN lobbying for ‘ultra-fast Gig internet’ for area.

• NDP promises to improve rural internet and cell service if elected at annual convention

• Rural Broadband Needs Tech, Ventures

• Three Changes That Will Make Rural 5G Access A Reality. The Dream Of A Workforce Empowered To Thrive No Matter Where It Lives

• High Speed Internet In The Far North? New $300M Satellite Pledge Makes Big Promises

• Millions of Americans can’t get broadband because of a faulty FCC map. There’s a fix

• No broadband internet for Squamish in fed’s announcement

• Cooperatives: The Unsung Heroes of Broadband

• High-speed internet coming to Egmont and Kleindale by November 2021

• Universal Broadband Fund-supported project will bring high-speed Internet to southern British Columbia

• Electrical Cooperatives Are the Unsung Heroes of Rural Broadband, Say Broadband Breakfast Panelists.

• Nokia and the City of Hamilton: Smart City Innovations

• Expanding Access to Broadband in Norfolk County:  Faster, Reliable Internet will Create Jobs and Economic Growth in Rural and Remote Ontario

• “Rural Boom” Could Be in Canada’s Post-COVID Cards: Ryerson University

• More Canadians Pre-order Starlink Internet, share excitement over cancelling big telcos

• Utilities Collaborate to Expand 5G Networks Across the Country

• Netflix To Open Canadian Office After Spending $2B In The Country Since 2017

• Telesat to build a $5 billion global satellite network to bring fiber-like internet to businesses

• Inuvik now able to access unlimited internet from both local providers

• Stafford sees new mini-5G towers as part of Smart City project

• After Defending Its Low-Cost Internet Offering, Comcast Agrees To Increase Speeds

• RM of Edenwold, Vibank councils among those supporting push for better rural internet access

• Rogers, Bell and Telus collected more than $240 million from Canada’s wage-subsidy program — and Bell and Telus raised shareholder payouts

• New Research Highlights Concerns Whether Starlink™ Will Meet Federal Broadband Capacity Requirements

• Toronto just approved a wild plan to build a public internet network priced lower than Bell or Rogers — will it work?

• Report identifies rural broadband, natural gas expansion among policies to revitalize Northern Ontario communities

• High-speed internet coming to 485 south-end homes and businesses in 2022

• Continued improvements to Ontario Internet

• North Perth decides not to pursue plan for public Wi-Fi

• Bell Blasted For Taking $122M Labour Subsidy Boosting Dividends

• Local libraries help keep people connected online during pandemic

• Rural Broadband:  Feds want broadband mapped to the doorstep

• Wahnapitae First Nation residents getting high-speed internet

• EBOX demands that Ottawa puts an end to major telecom providers’ regulatory holiday

• CEDC and Tbaytel to bring high-speed internet to rural areas

• Bad internet makes online learning hard, says rural student.

• Broadband, cell coverage tops Rural Municipal Conference Agenda

• Reliable internet could be a pandemic silver lining

• Mapping, Impact & Adoption: A Research Agenda for Effective Rural Broadband Policy

• SWIFT announces rural broadband project complete with another on the way

• City of Toronto should look at building its own high-speed internet network, key city committee says

• Slow internet? You’re not alone. Across Hamilton, workers and students face connectivity woes

• Universal Broadband Fund-supported project will bring high-speed Internet to the Wahnapitae First Nation in Greater Sudbury

• Economic Study Documents $2.69 Billion In Benefit From Community Fiber Optic Network

• ‘Deeply disturbing:’ Nunavut internet still slower, more costly than rest of country

• Northern internet company secures new satellite to fix shortage

• CEDC and Tbaytel to bring high-speed internet to rural areas

• “The iceberg you can’t see”:  how a lack of reliable internet is creating a digital divide.

• Expanding Broadband Connectivity in Caledon

• SpaceX expands public beta test of Starlink satellite internet to Canada and the UK

• Province investing $10.9 million to bring faster internet to Northern Ontario

• Satellite breakthroughs will change internet delivery

• County backs internet providers in funding request

• ‘You’re glitchy’: Two weeks in, rural online learning still a struggle for some

• Most rural P.E.I. homes could wait 3 more years for faster internet

• Pandemic sheds light on rural broadband necessity

• RED Technologies to expand TV White Space operations to Canada

• Half of America is Ready to Switch to Starlink Satellite Internet

• Not Ready to Build? Be Broadband Ready.

• Public Infrastructure/Private Service Model For 21st Century Broadband Proves Worthy

• Return to class in the north connected to ‘unreliable internet’

• Pandemic making it clear Ontario’s rural students are at the back of the virtual class

• Company installing internet connection on silos, water towers in rural part of America

• Many rural kids disconnected as slow internet stymies online learning

• Nunavut “reassessing” Greenland route for $203M fibre project.

• Map of Internet Backbones Around the World

• COVID-19 grant improves Internet in northern B.C.

• Long Term Solution To Rural Internet Problems Still A Year A Way

• The telecom giants are not adequately serving ‘all Canadians’

• In India, Smartphones and Cheap Data Are Giving Women a Voice

• ‘A necessity’: Rural post-secondary students face online learning hurdles

• Intelligence Brief: Can mobile broadband reduce poverty?

• Schools Work to Speed Up Internet in Rural Homes for Remote Learning

• APAS Rural Connectivity Task Force Digging Into Internet Issues

• Expanding Broadband Throughout Grey County

 

• Rural broadband connectivity hinges on private-public collaboration

• Elon Musk’s Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it’s not cheap

• Improving Cell and Internet service in Eastern Ontario

• Canada’s Rural & Remote Broadband Conference November 27, 2020

 

• ‘Rural’ Canada is not far from the city, and the internet still sucks

• Slow going on high-speed internet

• Government of Canada launches consultation on proposal for licence-exempt spectrum to support greater choice and affordability of wireless services 

• Local politicians excited about federal, provincial broadband funding