Nunavut communities say CRTC money for fibre internet is good news, but question how it will work – CBC

Jul 12, 2024

Government still has to prove to telecommunications body that they can provide fibre internet

Kinngait Mayor Jimmy Manning says it’s good news that fibre internet might be coming to his community, but when the government of Nunavut held a public consultation three years ago about bringing fibre internet to the hamlet, there was concern about how the cables will deal with the extremes of Nunavut’s weather and environment.

“The Hudson Strait off Kinngait and Kimmirut is known to have gigantic icebergs,” he said. “What if it will damage the cable? How long it would have to be repaired was unknown.”

Manning’s comments come after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved $271.9 million in conditional funding to the GN to construct a fibre internet connection for the communities of Kinngait, Coral Harbour, Iqaluit, and Kimmirut.

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