 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | +1 for the Prairies "1. Upgrading the underlying rural backbone infrastructure to create an enhanced transport network to provide basic high speed Internet access (5 Mpbs)" Funny how the US definition for Broadband is 768kbit, and how ISPs are always whining about deployment in sparsely populated areas, and SaskTel/the province is going after 5mbit which they're dubbing "basic". I lol'd.
Good work Saskatchewan. You give the have not province of Ontario something to aspire to.
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1 edit | The rural high speed is also priced different from cities... (read: more expensive)
There is also no faster or slower tiers... which are available in the larger centers where competition exists, but hey... we can't win em all  |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by wilburyan:The rural high speed is also priced different from cities... (read: more expensive) well right now in the US people in rural areas have 2 choices at most for broadband. Satellite which is $50 for 512kbps -1 Mbps up to $80 for 1.5 Mbps. Meanwhile city folk can get speed in the 10-20 Mbps range for the same price. The other choices is broadband via mobile company which is $60 a month and you get a measly 5 GB monthly cap with overage fees between $250-$500 per GB. So yeah I think most people in the boonies would take 5 mbps broadband even it it was more expensive. |
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