The Alberta government is promising $10.5 million to provide high-speed internet access to an estimated 43,000 rural households.
The money is part of the provincial government’s Final Mile Rural Connectivity Initiative to ensure all Albertans have access to high speed internet.
About $9.5 million will be used to help internet service providers add infrastructure to the remainder of unserviced areas in rural areas, including the province’s extreme north and south.
An additional $900,000 will be available for remote satellite solutions in low-density areas.
“Access to high-speed internet is essential for all Albertans,” said agriculture minister Evan Berger.
“This initiative will help bring service to unserviced areas: keeping people connected and helping to ensure continued economic competitiveness and vitality of our rural communities.”
