CRTC commits $17M in Broadband Fund money to bring high-speed fibre to 18 communities

The CRTC announced last week it is committing more than $17 million from its Broadband Fund to help bring high-speed fibre internet to 18 rural communities in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The funding is being awarded to Minto Communications Society, County of Forty Mile No. 8, MCSnet, Missing Link Internet Inc., and Vianet Inc. to build nearly 330 kilometres of new transport fibre infrastructure to improve access to reliable and high-quality internet services, the CRTC said in a press release. According to a CRTC backgrounder, Minto Communications Society will receive approximately $6.7 million in Broadband Fund money to build a 51-kilometre fibre...