Industry committee  Absolutely. It's a huge issue in the greater Toronto area.

Industry committee  Our concern is not only who loses service, which is obviously extremely concerning if you're completely cut off, but with the reduction they are proposing, the net result would be a diminished service for those who [Technical difficulty--Editor] to be connected. You not only have

Industry committee  Very definitely. The one key thing to understand is that, in urban areas, spectrum only carries the one to two gigs that the average person uses with cellphones. In rural areas, it carries 160 gigabytes per month, so it's magnified more than 150 times what the urban situation is

Industry committee  There is. The international band being designated, which is referred to as “the 3,500” actually goes from 3,400 megahertz up to 3,800 megahertz. Currently, we're using only 175 megahertz of that. They don't need to actually displace the existing licensees. They can look at what t

Industry committee  Absolutely. As I said, 175 megahertz is available today. There is approximately 175 megahertz that could be made available, literally, tomorrow.

Industry committee  The government was very thoughtful and has taken that away.

Industry committee  It could certainly help a great deal. Xplornet is supportive of that. If you're familiar with the current tier-four areas, you know that Calgary and everything through to the Rocky Mountains right up to the B.C. border is within one tier known as Calgary. That makes for a tremend

Industry committee  It is a possibility. The 5G [Technical difficulty--Editor] Sorry, there is tremendous feedback on the line. The 5G technology will see a merging of the fixed wireless and mobile configurations. It's expected that the radius will be substantially similar, if not identical, so t

Industry committee  Almost 60% of our customers.

Industry committee  Upon hearing that it will negatively affect our business?

Industry committee  Well, they have certainly been concerned, obviously, about the potential impact of this. I think they have listened carefully to what we've had to say. We've been very transparent with them. We've mapped out all of our customers and indicated exactly the areas where there is pote

Industry committee  A significant percentage.

Industry committee  I'm afraid we'd have to go through and revive those calculations. I think I'd prefer not to say on the public record, to be perfectly honest, but—

Industry committee  Probably.

Industry committee  Thank you. Good morning and thank you for the invitation to join you today. My apologies that I could not be there in person. My name is actually C. J. Prudham, and I'm the executive vice-president and general counsel at Xplornet Communications. I'm pleased to have the chance