Assignment #1: Fast Internet Speeds in Canadian Small Towns

1. Some of the internet connections in rural communities are 100mbps.

2. These communities are getting faster Internet speeds than what is even being offered by Canadian Telecom companies like Bell, Rogers or Shaw because Wightman Telecom is family owned in run in these communities.

3. Harriston is fortunate because Wightman Telecom has forward thinkers and are already ahead of the curve in terms of wanting to provide the best technology.

4. The community of Olds decided to build their own fibre network because businesses were threatening to leave because of the challenges faced by slow internet. They payed for it by using government grants and loans.

5. When Stratford installed its own fibre optic network they developed a reputation as an IT hub.

6. Bell installed fibre optics in more than a million premises in Atlantic Canada and also to Northern Ontario.

7. Small towns and communities need high speed Internet more than ever to keep employers and residents from fleeing to hooked-up cities.

8. The federal government supplied 305 million dollars to increase Internet access in Canada .