“At these speeds, there is a clear divide between rural and urban Canada.
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“To take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the modern internet, 50/10 speeds are necessary,” states the plan.
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The plan, High Speed Access for All: Canada’s Connectivity Strategy, states most households now have access to at least those speeds, but they’re much too slow to support cloud-based software applications, online learning resources and telehealth services. Overwhelmingly, rural and remote communities have identified challenges accessing affordable, high-speed internet as the number one issue impeding their economic growth, according to a federal plan which aims to connect all Canadians to universal broadband. While internet access is far and above what the communities had access to before Stoney Telecom launched in 2014, those speeds are considered a minimum for what rural communities should have access to today by Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) standards.Īs recently as five years ago, the CRTC and governments across Canada were targeting universal broadband coverage at download speeds of five Mbps and upload speeds of one Mbps. Prior to the Nation-owned company providing telecommunication services – including phone and television – most homes either did not have access to internet or used dial-up. The project will improve internet speed to reach federal targets of 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 10 Mbps upload, at no cost to the Nation’s customers, which includes about 80 per cent of the households in Mînî Thnî and Eden Valley. “The project has involved putting up new towers in Morley and Eden Valley in areas that were poorly served before and the installation of repeater stations in a couple different locations.” “We’re very close to being complete,” said Blair Birch, director of capital projects and public works with Stoney Tribal Administration. Stoney Nakoda Telecom began making Infrastructure upgrades last year, following an announcement of $2.884 million from the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) to support higher internet speeds in the areas of Mînî Thnî (Morley), Eden Valley, Benchlands and the Ghost Lake reserve lands of Îyârhe Nakoda. ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – Îyârhe Nakoda First Nation members using the Nation’s own telecom service will soon be up-to-speed with internet targets set by the federal government.
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