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Canada sets universal broadband goal of 50Mbps and unlimited data for all
Canada's telecom regulator yesterday declared that broadband Internet must be considered "a basic telecommunications service for all Canadians" and created a fund to connect rural and remote communities. With this decision, high-speed broadband is now treated as an essential technology similar to voice service. All Canadians should be able to purchase home Internet with 50Mbps download speeds and 10Mbps uploads, and they should have the option of purchasing unlimited data, the Canadian Radio-Television...
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The provider I use has already dropped the price of my plan by $5 a month due to the CRTC decision. They dropped the price for hundreds of thousands of customers and I believe they increased the speed for a lot too. My friend's plan dropped about $20 a month.
The article says that the option must be available to everyone which it isn't in some rural areas and up north. Just expect to pay a premium for that service. It's not cheap where it is available and it certainly is not going to be cheap. No one is getting free shit.
Plagiarizest.