North needs "holistic" telecom modernization plan, says SSi

WHITEHORSE - The north needs to take a holistic approach to the modernization of its satellite and broadband infrastructure that empowers the consumer and not the “band-aid solution” that Northwestel is proposing. In its submission to the CRTC, ahead of a June 19, 2013 hearing in Whitehorse to review Northwestel’s $273 million modernization plan, SSi Micro, northern Canada's largest ISP, says Canada still lacks a coherent policy plan for broadband. Rather than address key investments that would help modernize northern telecommunications, the main focus of the Northwestel plan is on items such as “advancements in wireless services” claims SSi. “Essentially...