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Industry committee We'll hear about decisions and announcements over the next couple of weeks. I really can't comment on which province is next. I can just say that over the next few weeks, you will hear about other provinces and you will hear about B.C.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee It's hard to tell at this point, because not everything has been selected. We saw in the Quebec announcement that there are 360 communities, so we can—
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee It's hard to tell.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee We have to wait for decisions to be made.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee For backbone, yes.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee We haven't done a detailed costing because it's difficult to do, but we're talking about billions of dollars. I think at one point we had estimated $5 billion for rural Canada, and then we were thinking the north would cost $2 billion. I think we want to revisit those numbers onc
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee I think we'll definitely have a ballpark figure by January, I would say. Remember that this is still ballpark. What we're seeing is that the north probably costs more than what we thought, and then it could be that the rural part of what I'll call the south may not be quite as
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee Yes.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee Yes.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee Once a project has been selected and announced, we start to work on a contribution agreement to sign with the proponent. That's the next step, and we work closely with the proponent in doing so. Matawa is likely planning an engineering design for the fibre deployment. They would
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee It's going. Is it quick? I don't want to say it's quick, but they are certainly very happy. I would think that the funding has been announced and the project has been selected and work is under way.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee Well, these are fly-in communities. When we talk about remote, we're referring to communities that don't have year-round road access.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee Yes.
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee We evaluate the applications using the criteria in our application guide. There are essential criteria and relative criteria. Technology is an essential criterion. Most of the applications we receive are for fibre optic. We consider the applications we receive. I said earlier tha
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart
Industry committee One of the things about broadband is that when municipalities or other jurisdictions are planning passive infrastructure, whether it be roads, utility poles, or bridges, the best and most cost-effective way to deploy broadband is when you're planning that as part of other infrast
November 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Susan Hart