Industry committee  Yes, sir. Thank you for the question. There's no money in it for these telecommunications companies. That's their approach. Despite being funded in many, many cases by taxpayers to provide infrastructure, they simply don't have the desire to do so. It's about maximizing profits,

Industry committee  Thank you, sir.

Industry committee  Yes, sir. Thank you. Well, I began down this path in September 2019, a year ago, so 14 or so months ago. The usual or traditional means of reaching out, engaging with basically the community, tasked me with doing whatever I could to change their situation. I would consider it to

Industry committee  —so I can't do this every time for every community. But I did want to do it once, one time, to show every indigenous community what was possible, and that there is another way to do business and another option out there. It is no longer business by default and it is not a monopol

Industry committee  I certainly think that what I would call “business by default”, at least here in northwestern Ontario, is essentially a monopoly. We just don't have choices or options. I think the use of satellite Starlink's SpaceX technology allows, and is the only path forward, for at least i

Industry committee  No, once the ISED approvals came, the units shipped right away. We took receipt of them here in Kenora and then booked flights up to Pikangikum. Within 20 minutes of being on the ground, we went from the airport to the health hub. We unboxed the unit on the ground outside; ran ca

Industry committee  We're seeing about 130 or so down. SpaceX Starlink is the better than nothing beta. They're saying anywhere from 50 to 150, but I think they're being kind and very cautious. We were seeing speeds above 100 Mbps and 20 and 30 up. I think of equal or more importance is the latency.

Industry committee  There you go.

Industry committee  Good morning everyone. I'm happy to be here to speak to everybody about the work we've been doing and some of the challenges we have in northwestern Ontario. My name is David Brown. I'm the CEO and co-owner of FSET. We're an information and technology services company based out