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End of dial-up leaving some B.C. residents without Internet: MP

telecom | 10/26/2016 9:06 pm EDT

Telus Corp. is working with customers who will be affected by the cessation of dial-up Internet service as of Nov. 16, the company said, after an NDP member of Parliament said she had constituents who would be left completely without an Internet connection next month. According to a transcript of a question to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains in the House of Commons Tuesday, B.C. MP Rachel Blaney said “instead of expanding access to broadband Internet, companies like Telus are actually disconnecting my constituents. As of November...