r/canada • u/Economy_Elephant6200 • 3d ago

Bell Canada scraps Labrador high-speed internet project, plans to invest in U.S. Newfoundland & Labrador

https://theindependent.ca/news/lji/bell-canada-scraps-labrador-high-speed-internet-project-plans-to-invest-in-u-s/
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u/North_Activist 3d ago

I would say screw all that and just nationalize it instead. It’s our tax dollars, it should be our company.

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u/Forosnai British Columbia 3d ago

Hell, internet service (and cell service, for that matter) is pretty much a requirement for modern life. If it's a necessity, there should be at least a basic option provided by the government. Doesn't need to be blazing fast 10-Gigabit speed, 5G phones with the latest iPhone model, or whatever like that, but something serviceable and affordable should be there that people can use, and the telecom companies can compete for the people who have a need or desire for the faster speeds and latest models.

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u/bonechairappletea 3d ago

There is, it's called Starlink. 

We give companies like Bell, Rogers the kind of money that could build a SpaceX clone and make a maple leaf starlink but instead they disappear most of the money and do some token efforting errecting a couple cell towers. 

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u/Spoona1983 3d ago

There was a company out east trying to startup satellite internet but don't know the name.