Industry committee That may or may not open up the backbone.
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee We intervened in favour of the spectrum set-asides for the smaller players, the new entrants. We intervened in favour of a much lower opening price, because that has been a real hurdle for us in past auctions. In outlying areas where it's very difficult to build out a network, th
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee It depends on your use. It depends on what you want to be doing. We're obviously advocates of wireless technologies, mobile wireless, 4G LTE, soon to be 5G. If you're talking about an individual connection to a home, to a business, fibre is obviously the cream of the cream, but t
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee Fibre is much, much more expensive, yes.
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee Net neutrality is a tough subject. Our company members are Internet pioneers. It would be fun if you actually came and met some of the originals from the company. We're strong believers in the openness of the Net. There's another way to look at this one as well, though, which is
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee We use fibre. In the case of Nunavut, it's actually government fibre. The Government of Nunavut is one of our clients, and they have built out their own fibre ring. We're delivering it across their own fibre to their buildings. With consumers, small offices, home offices, it's al
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee My Saskatchewan accent is coming out.
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee That is a cellular service. It's our network, so we—
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee It's working extremely well.
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee We have our own infrastructure. That's right. Actually, as I said, last Thursday we launched mobile service for the first time, but it's more than just as a WISP: it's actually as a CLEC. A few years ago, we forced open the local market, which I think was the last regulated, pr
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor
Industry committee Merci beaucoup. I want to thank the committee for this opportunity to contribute to your study and to discuss plans to improve rural and remote area broadband connectivity. If I could just take a quick second, I have a very dear friend in the room, Adamee Itorcheak, who I wasn'
February 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Dean Proctor