278th Edition
March 2021
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CSRD Gives Support to Federal Broadband Funding Requests By Jo Anne Malpass facilities at Gardom Lake and in Salmon Two companies looking for federal Arm on Shaw Rd. The facilities to be funds from the Universal Broadband Fund upgraded in the Shuswap include Salmon to increase internet connectivity within the Arm - Mt Tappen/Fly Hills Snowmobile Columbia Shuswap Regional District re- Trail, Chase - Loakin-Bear Creek Road, ceived letters of support from the regional Sicamous - Queest-Wilson Forest Service district board at its meeting Feb. 19. Road, Scotch Creek, Aline Hill - 900 In the last federal budget in 2019, the Forest service Rd and Eagle Bay. This Government announced a new, coordinat- required no financial contribution from the ed plan that would deliver $5 to $6 billion CSRD. in investments in rural broadband over the When asked whether the upgrades in next 10 years to help build a fully connect- Scotch Creek would mean just improved ed Canada—including rural and remote speeds to existing customers or if Telus communities. The has any plans to national target is 95 expand the service per cent of Canadian to residents beyond homes and businessthe existing cable es will have access system, the reto internet speeds of sponse was: at least 50/10 Mbps “We are always by 2026 and 100 per looking at ways to cent by 2030. enhance services The announcement for our customers, said the launch of especially those in the $1.75B Universal more rural areas. Broadband Fund Network upgrades “will focus on exFrom the Canadian Radio-television and Telecom- can be very costly, tending ‘backbone’ munications Commission Broadband Fund website. and sharing the infrastructure to costs between local, underserved communities. For the most provincial, and/or federal governments and difficult-to-reach communities, funding the carrier is an effective way to complete may also support ‘last-mile’ connections to rural projects. individual homes and businesses.” In response to increasing demand from Telus has applied for funding to upgrade local residents, we are in the early stages 17 existing facilities and develop two new (continued on page 3) SCOTCH CREEK
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