BayToday has recently carried stories about how North Bay and surrounding rural communities are demanding better internet service.
Last month North Bay City council endorsed a resolution by the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities that supports exploring all options in the quest for improved broadband internet capability, including emerging models of satellite internet, such as the Elon Musk-backed Starlink.
See: Council looks to the stars in search of faster internet
And: NetSpectrum moving forward with fibre plan in East Ferris
And: Louder voices needed for faster internet service
News came yesterday that The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Starlink’s application for a Basic International Telecommunications Services (BITS) licence.
It means SpaceX Starlink is now a registered telecom provider in Canada, but there is still work to be done to get approval for its satellite service in Canada.
“The commission notes that a BITS licence does not by itself authorize an entity to operate as a facilities-based carrier or non-facilities-based service provider,” the CRTC’s Secretary Council Claude Doucet stated in a letter to SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen.
"With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable," says the Starlink website.
Elon Musk recently tweeted that SpaceX will hopefully be able to launch a public beta in southern Canada once the satellites reach their positions.
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