BSO Hearing Day 3: How new satellites will boost broadband capacity in the North

GATINEAU – The first two days of the CRTC’s basic service objective (BSO) hearing had a distinct northern flavour. Witnesses argued that a lack of backbone capacity was hindering broadband in the region. On Wednesday, two companies intimately involved with satellites appeared before the Commission, arguing that new birds coming online within the next year will help address capacity constraints for rural and remote regions of the country.Satellites have long been a key part of the broadband solution for the Far North, but in some ways the hype didn’t meet reality. As the Commission heard during the first two days...