CRTC’s broadband targets elusive in the North: Conference Board
telecom | 08/01/2013 8:52 pm EDT
In Canada’s North, access to telecommunications and broadband infrastructure varies by location and “is often vulnerable to bottlenecks and service disruptions, and can be limited by price, income, and available technologies,” the Conference Board of Canada said in a new report.
Northerners pay more for services than Canadians living in major cities, while in remote and rural areas, subsidies are necessary to make sure basic services like telephone and dial-up Internet remain affordable, said the report, released Thursday.
A pricing basket covering a basic cellphone plan, home phone and high-speed Internet, costs the average northerner $139 a month, and the average
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