SWIFT rallies support to demand “equal access” to CRTC broadband funding

WYOMING, ON – The SouthWestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) is calling on all rural broadband stakeholders to submit comments in support of a review of the CRTC Broadband Fund’s eligibility criteria that it calls “restrictive”.As Cartt.ca reported, SWIFT has asked the Commission to take another look at the way how it qualifies rural regions to receive millions of dollars in funding to deliver broadband to its residents under the Regulator’s $750 million Broadband Fund.Specifically, SWIFT is proposing that modifications be made to the exclusive use of the 25 km hexagonal system used by Innovation, Science and Economic Canada (ISED) to...