Re: Why does Canadian internet access suck so much?

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From: Kent T.
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:19

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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.    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!


 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.

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From: "Kent T." <kentaurusu2005-tim@yahoo.ca>
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Subject: Re: Why does Canadian internet access suck so much?
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