Service providers disagree about who should get a subsidy for internet in the North
By Jocelyn Shepel CRTC currently reviewing submissions and feedback about subsidy announced earlier this year The CRTC says it’s still
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Internet customers in North to receive subsidy, CRTC says
Regulator also says Northwestel must credit customers for internet outages longer than a day Canada’s telecommunications regulator says northerners will
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Telecommunications outage that affected calling across the North resolved, says Northwestel
A partial telecommunications outage that affected calling across Canada’s North has been resolved, Northwestel said late Monday night. The outage
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Northwestel promises ‘detailed investigation’ into weekend outage
By Tori Fitzpatrick ‘I have no doubt in my mind that Northwestel will go down again,’ says Whitehorse restaurant owner
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Northwestel to be sold to Indigenous consortium from the 3 territories
Bell to transfer ownership of northern telecoms giant later this year, in deal worth close to $1B The biggest telecommunications
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‘Perfect storm’ credited for knocking out telecom infrastructure in the North
Kwanlin Dün First Nation Chief wants more redundancies in northern telecom systems A spokesperson for telecommunications provider Northwestel says a
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Why starlink is being called a ‘game-changer- in many N.W.T. communities
When Andrea Keogak was asked how many people in her community of Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., use Starlink, she guessed it
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Landlines down in N.W.T. and Nunavut; Northwestel investigating
N.W.T. residents may not be able to call 911 from landlines until issue is fixed Northwestel says a “network issue”
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Yukon’s 12-hour internet outage added challenges for emergency officials
Alaska Highway fibre line damaged Wednesday is Yukon’s only such connection to the South Yukon emergency officials say a 12-hour disruption
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Unlimited internet to come to seven Northern Canadian communities by Nov. 1
The North’s largest telecommunications provider says unlimited internet is coming to seven communities on Nov. 1, according to a press
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Arctic Canada’s senator blasts telecom national giant for holding near monopoly
Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson is criticizing Northwestel for not sharing its broadband internet network. The federal government gave the Bell-owned company almost $50 million
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Canadian Telecom businesses say recent federal funding solidifies Northwestel monopoly
Smaller players in the Northwest Territories’ telecom industry say the money given to Northwestel to help improve internet speeds only
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Canada announces $72M in broadband internet improvements for northern communities
Five northern community broadband projects in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and northern Manitoba will share in $72 million of Canadian
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Company completes 1st overland fibre-optic cable connecting Alaska to continental U.S.
An Alaska company has completed construction of the first overland fibre-optic cable connecting the state to the continental U.S. The
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Non-profit to set up local, community-run internet service provider in Arctic Canada
The days of the internet monopoly in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., in Arctic Canada, are numbered. A $20,000 investment by a non-profit
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