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Rural broadband costs to become clearer early next year: ISED

News | 11/23/2017 6:53 pm EST
Rural broadband costs to become clearer early next year: ISED
The House standing committee on industry, science and technology committee prepares to hear from witnesses on Nov. 23, 2017. /Wire Report photo by Bryson Masse.

OTTAWA — Despite already surpassing their target to connect some rural and remote communities with broadband internet, officials from Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada told a House of Commons committee Thursday that initial estimates to connect some parts of the country were short of what they anticipated.

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