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Rural Saskatchewan & Internet Connectivity, Or Lack Thereof

Rural Saskatchewan & Internet Connectivity, Or Lack Thereof

SaskTel knows there's a solution. SaskTel, not rural Saskatchewan people, should pay for it.

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Tammy Robert
Jun 10, 2022
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Once upon a time, Saskatchewan didn’t have roads.

I don’t mean a $2-billion roller derby track wrapped around Regina, I mean no asphalt at all. Wagon trails eventually made way for a network of gravel roads connecting vast plains to expanding urban centres. The TransCanada eventually connected our southeast to our southwest border. Highways were paved to accommodate higher speeds, or twinned to support increasing numbers of vehicles.

The next century of connecting rural Saskatchewan is going to look a lot different than it did the first time. Today you don’t need pants to attend your RM council meeting, but you do need a laptop and a strong enough internet connection to attend it via Zoom from your kitchen table.

The ability to connect to anyone, any thing, anywhere in the world is a given for most of us.

Unless you live in rural Saskatchewan.

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