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Kent T. wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> zeez wrote
>>> Lil Abner <@Daisey.Mae> wrote

>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1352559/Canadians-forc...

>>> I've always wondered why Canadians have it about
>>> as bad as Austraiia when it comes to net access.

>> That is a pig ignorant lie.

>>> Australia is phy$icaly isolated so it somewhat understandable for them

>> Nope, the real reason it can cost a bit more is because its by far
>> the lowest population density first world country around. Canada too.

>>> but Canada?

>> See above.

> Canada's government controlled communications corporation
> Telesat gave the world the first domestic communications satellite.

Yes, satellite has some real advantage for the very low population density areas.

Australia did the same thing.

> Sure, it was built by Hughes Aerospace and lauched by NASA,
> but the idea of commercial use of satellite tech instead of miliary
> or scientific use was a Canadian idea that the USA wasn't doing!

Because the US is nothing like as low population density.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anik_%28satellite%29

> That's what needs to be done when a country has the second largest size and remote communities.

And the US doesnt have that situation.