Industry committee  This is for backbone, yes. For the just under 4,000 that did not have backbone connectivity, we are going to significantly exceed our target.

Industry committee  Taking a step back, there have been a lot of satellite advancements recently. EchoStar, which you mentioned, is a new high throughput satellite. Xplornet is already using that for its residential customers in remote areas, mostly in the south; that one doesn't cover the north. Te

Industry committee  It is fair to say that. We will reproject the map. To reiterate what Ms. Hart was saying earlier, the majority of the focus for the connect to innovate program is on the backbone portion. There may not be an immediate jump in last-mile speeds, but we're enabling that to happen. I

Industry committee  It gives us an idea of where 50/10 is now achievable, where it was not at all achievable previously.

Industry committee  Our definition of “last mile” is essentially that where a high-capacity pipe comes into a town and terminates in a building or something, anything that goes from there to the household, whether it's via fibre, cable, or wireless, is all considered “last mile”. If I can give an

Industry committee  No, the last mile is essentially from where that big pipe ends to then go to all the buildings.

Industry committee  Yes, or it could be in town. That's the longest mile, good point, but it could be.... For example, even in urban Ottawa there are these fibre points of presence within neighbourhoods. You might see these little green pedestals on people's front lawns or backyards. From there, the

Industry committee  Xplornet can reach speeds of up to 25 megabits per second download through that technology for most of their clients for that project that's currently under construction.

Industry committee  I can speak to the programs that our department, ISED, is running. We're not based on an RFP process. I think you might be referring to spectrum auctions, possibly.

Industry committee  In terms of actual broadband programs, the way we've run connecting Canadians, and we're also running connect to innovate right now, we've put out maps of areas where, throughout significant data collection analysis, we've identified where the gaps are. We then invite the applica

Industry committee  In terms of connecting Canadians, which was mostly a household-based project, it is area-based. We keep maps of coverage of existing networks that we share with our colleagues at the CRTC, and they provide us a lot of information on the wire line, and we have information on the w

Industry committee  I don't even have them yet.