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By Liam Casey The Canadian Press
Posted November 14, 2024 1:26 pm
Updated November 14, 2024 1:54 pm
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Premier Doug Ford’s government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern Ontario.
Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma says the new so-called ONSAT program will bring SpaceX’s Starlink high-speed satellite internet system to 15,000 premises.
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She says the service will be used to connect people in the hardest-to-reach areas of the province to the internet.
Surma says the system will go live next summer and the investment covers equipment and installation costs, but not monthly fees.
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The province has invested $2.5 billion on 270 projects to connect 550,000 Ontarians to high-speed internet.
Infrastructure Ontario says SpaceX won out over multiple other bids.
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