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CRTC needs realistic eligibility for rural broadband expansion
By Drew Spoelstra, Executive Mem- ber, Ontario Federation of Agriculture To say that reliable internet is
vital to Ontario’s rural residents – farmers, businesses and communities – is stating the obvious. But it’s not the reality for many rural Ontarians. So when the CRTC designated
high-speed internet as a basic service for Canadians – and committed $750 million over five years for upgrades – the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) was hopeful at the prospect of expanded service for Ontario farmers. But the fine print in this infra-
structure investment includes unrealis- tic eligibility criteria that could exclude 100,000 southwestern Ontario rural families alone from upgrades to their
internet service.
OFA is asking the CRTC to reconsider the eligibil- ity guidelines. Here’s the troubling
part of the CRTC guide- lines about who can ac- cess funding to upgrade to basic service. CRTC defines basic service as internet speeds of at least 50 Mbps (megabits per second) for downloading and at least 10 Mbps for uploading. To qualify for funding,
service
providers who apply for area grants are evaluated based on the existing level of broadband serv- ice in a 25 square kilome-
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tre area. If that area is “partially serv- iced” – that is, if even one household has basic level of internet speed – that area will not be eligible for funding. OFA is urging federal politicians
to ensure the CRTC reconsider its eli- gibility and assessment criteria for ex- panded high-speed internet access across rural Ontario. We’re asking OFA members and rural residents to join in and send a personalized letter to federal politicians to urge them to act on our behalf for better broadband. OFA is a member of SWIFT – a
network that is working to bring high- speed internet to southwestern On- tario’s
agricultural and rural
communities. SWIFT has requested that CRTC review its broadband fund
criteria and OFA supports this request. We have contacted the CRTC directly in a show of support for the recommen- dations made by SWIFT. Visit
actnow.ofa.on.ca to send a
letter to the federal Minister of Cana- dian and Multiculturalism (responsible for CRTC), the Minister of Infrastruc- ture and Communities, and the new Minister of Rural Economic Develop- ment. The CRTC program provides an
opportunity to eliminate the disadvan- tage rural Ontario faces with a lack of adequate broadband and provide the same “basic service” of reliable high- speed internet that is essential to our competitiveness and sustainability. But only if the criteria are realistic.
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