CRTC Broadband Fund second call: selected projects in December 2021

From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Backgrounder

The CRTC has approved funding for four projects through the CRTC Broadband Fund. These projects will improve broadband Internet access services, through fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, for approximately 680 households in five communities, including four Indigenous communities, in Alberta and Nova Scotia.

The four selected projects are as follows:
Recipient and province/territory	Speeds to be offered for access projects	Estimated numbers of communities, households, anchor institutions to potentially benefit^{Footnote 1}	Communities	CRTC Broadband Fund contribution (approximate)	Decisions
ATG Arrow Technology Group Limited Partnership, Alberta	Download/upload speeds from 50/10 Mbps to 100/50 Mbps with unlimited data	1 community Approximately 165 households	Louis Bull 138B	$3.81M	CRTC 2021-416 CRTC 2021-417
ATG Arrow Technology Group Limited Partnership, Alberta	Download/upload speeds from 50/10 Mbps to 100/50 Mbps with unlimited data	1 community Approximately 55 households	Child Lake 164A	$2.52M	CRTC 2021-416 CRTC 2021-418
ATG Arrow Technology Group Limited Partnership, Alberta	Download/upload speeds from 50/10 Mbps to 100/50 Mbps with unlimited data	1 community Approximately 65 households	Boyer 164	$1.53M	CRTC 2021-416 CRTC 2021-419
We’koqma’q First Nation and Seaside Communications Inc., Nova Scotia	Download/upload speeds from 25/5 Mbps to 1,000/50 Mbps with unlimited data	2 communities Approximately 395 households	We’koqma’q First Nation Whycocomagh	$915K	CRTC 2021-415
TOTAL		5 communities Approximately 680 households		Up to $8.8M

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Date modified:: 2023-06-01