Assignment #1: Fast Internet Speeds in Canadian Small Towns

   Some of the internet connections in these rural communities mentioned in the article have speeds of up to 1,000 megabits (one gigabit) per second. The reason they are getting these speeds is because they have high-throughput fibre-optic cables deployed directly into their buildings. Places like Harriston, ON, for instance, being very fortunate because of their fast blazing internet connection service speed. The community of Olds has the fastest internet in the country, this being because they've come up with a plan to build their own fibre network. They used loans & grants from the government, connecting each home along the way. Residents of Olds now can sign up for gigabit home internet access for $120 a month.
   When the community of Stratford, ON installed their own fibre-optic network-loop throughout the place, they started building up a reputation as an IT hub. The University of Waterloo opened a campus there, and Royal Bank opened a $400,000,000 data centre.
   Bell announced recently that they plan to spend $1.1 billion to wire up 1.1 million homes & businesses with fibre-op in Atlantic Canada and Northern Ontario.
   I think now more than ever these communities need high-speed internet access because each day we are all becoming more & more connected. The more we connect, the more we can stay up-to-date and alert of things happening around us and, especially, around the world.
   The Federal government supplied $305,000,000 to ensure remote communities of Canada to have increased internet access.