Canadian governments reconsider Starlink

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Canadian governments rely on Starlink for critical services. Some are reconsidering

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Canadian governments rely on Starlink for critical services.

More than half of Canada ’s provincial and territorial governments buy critical internet and emergency communications services from the satellite constellation owned by billionaire Elon Musk .

Professor says Canadian governments must do the “maximum possible” to disentangle themselves from Starlink .

The Ontario government recently cancelled a contract with Starlink to deliver high-speed internet to 15,000 homes and businesses in remote and northern communities.

Local companies, including KNet , likely could have built the right partnerships to fulfil that contract, Fiddler said.

A local partnership probably would have needed more money than Starlink, he said.

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