That isn't exactly what I would call a short time frame. However, I can understand that, for you, this is a realistic goal under the circumstances.
Since 2009, one program after another has been developed. Yet the remaining homes are being connected at a snail's pace. Isn't it fair to believe that broadband owners and most distribution infrastructure are deliberately delaying the deployment to get the most out of taxpayers' money? These taxpayers, who pay top dollar for the service in addition to funding the infrastructure, have been denied the right to a connection all this time.
This is exactly what's happening in my region. Here, a giant with three heads holds the monopoly: Bell, not to name names, Télébec and Cablevision du Nord de Québec. That last distributor obtained a subsidy from your department to install a backbone in the small municipality of Moffet in 2017. It has until 2021 to do the work.
We know that, with a backbone, the Internet service reaches the municipality, but not the homes located in the last mile. However, fibre optics does reach this municipality. In fact, fibre optic Internet service has been running since 2007, in other words, for 13 years. Assuming a provider is willing to roll out its own fibre, it would need to cover a network of about 50 kilometres.
Why does it take four years to roll out 50 kilometres of fibre?
A giant such as Bell, in my region, is strong enough to fund the project, even though not all the subsidies have been received yet.
Why can't programs designed to connect everyone be completed quickly, in this case, within five years?