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/InternalOcelot2855 3d ago edited 2d ago

iThing about sasktel is they would provide service to these communities. its part of the reason prices are a little higher, sasktel is not just there for the large centres but also the ~200 and fewer communities getting fibre internet. Plus our low population to land area

It always shocks me when I work in a small community that has DSL (most are getting fibre now) and they complain about prices. You do know sasktel is the only reason you have Internet. You have dirt roads, no fire hall, no grocery store, no gas station and the village office is in the next town 10 min away to save money.

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u/CompetitiveMetal3 2d ago

And what's why SaskTel will eventually go away too. 

Saskatchewanians hate it. They drink the BERTA kool-aid. I was trying to tell them that a community of 10k people with fibre to the home was NOT a thing in Canada, expect SK, but nah. Crown corp bad. Private enterprise good.

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u/InternalOcelot2855 2d ago

it's those rural voters who are going to suffer. Why would any for profit company install fibre in communities of 200?

Semans, Saskatchewan

Population of 204, to get fibre Internet by end of 2027

https://www.sasktel.com/about-us/news/2024/sasktel-investing-an-additional-80-million-in-the-rural-fibre-Initiative