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Broadband, or high-capacity Internet, is used to
send or view large amounts of information, including live video
and audio, via the Internet. This can bring people in different
regions closer together -- from a doctor in Vancouver and a
patient in Tofino to a grade three class in Corner Brook and a
science centre in Halifax. While this would be next to impossible
with Internet access over a regular dial-up phone line, broadband
provides the support needed to view or participate in these
opportunities.
However, while many Canadians are connected to broadband services,
not all Aboriginal, northern and rural communities have access.
As such, the Government of Canada has committed to making
high-capacity Internet access available to all Canadian
communities.
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Featured Items
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National Satellite Initiative
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Infrastructure Agreement Providing Greater Broadband
Access In The Northwest
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Broadband for Rural and Northern Development Pilot Program
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Minister Lapierre Announces Funding to the Union des
chambres de commerce et d'industrie de Portneuf
Organization to bring Broadband Internet Service to
Additional Aboriginal, Northern and Rural Communities
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The Honourable David L. Emerson Announces Funding to
Community Futures Development Corporation to bring
Broadband Internet Service to Additional Aboriginal,
Northern and Rural Communities
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The Honourable Joe Comuzzi Announces Funding to Matawa
First Nations Management Organization to bring Broadband
Internet Service to Additional Aboriginal, Northern and
Rural Communities
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National Satellite Initiative - Round 2: Notifications of
Interest
This round of funding consists of $85 million managed by
Infrastructure Canada to fund the acquisition of satellite
capacity, and possibly common ground infrastructure, for
satellite-based broadband projects in isolated and remote
communities across Canada where satellite is the only
practical means of providing broadband access.
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Broadband BC: Bridging the Digital Divide
What can a high-capacity, or broadband connection do for a
community? By viewing the three vignettes Broadband BC:
Bridging the Digital Divide you can find out how broadband
technologies are not only changing the way people do business,
think and learn… they're actually changing lives.
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Government of Canada Invests in Fibre Optic Cables for
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
(Cap-aux-Meules, Québec)
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Video Footage - Tower Build, Bruxelles, Manitoba (B-Roll)
This video footage captures the construction of a tower in
Bruxelles, Manitoba as part of the Wheatbelt Community Futures
Development Corporation broadband project. It is one of 27 new
towers being erected and will provide broadband service to
communities with a line of sight to the tower, including
Holland, Cypress River, Swan Lake and Swan Lake First Nation.
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Broadband for Rural and Northern Development Pilot Program
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Lucienne Robillard Announces $35 Million to Bring
Broadband Internet Service to Aboriginal, Northern and
Rural Communities
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Round 2, Phase II List of Selected Applicants is now
available.
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National Satellite Initiative
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Government of Canada Announces Broadband Access Via
Satellite for 52 Remote Communities
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Round 1: List of Selected Applicants
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Round Two: Report on Industry Canada Consultations with
Satellite Service Providers & Satellite Operators
(February 2004)
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National Selection Committee - Final Report
Stronger Communities for a Stronger Canada: The Promise of
Broadband
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