Telus to build longest over water radio Internet connection to Queen Charlotte Islands

VANCOUVER – The people living on Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, will have high speed Internet service from Telus later this year thanks to a recent agreement between the western telco and the Gwaii Trust Society. Telus is investing $1.3 million to build a series of high-capacity mountain-top data transmitters to Mount Hayes near Prince Rupert. High speed Internet service will then beam 115 kilometres over water to a station at Masset, on the Islands. Service will flow from the station to other points on the Islands via fibre optic cables. Until this build, Masset Haida...