Galaxy Broadband to battle Elon Musk for remote internet service in Canada

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Galaxy Broadband to battle Elon Musk for remote internet service in Canada
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Ontario’s Galaxy Broadband is teaming up with U.K.-based OneWeb in a $50 million U.S. multi-year deal to provide low-orbit satellite internet service.

A new player will soon offer access to high-speed internet in remote and rural communities: Ontario’s Galaxy Broadband has just announced it is teaming up with U.K.-based OneWeb in a $50 million U.S. multi-year deal to provide low-orbit satellite internet service in direct competition with Musk’s Starlink.

Galaxy already has commercial hubs in 75 largely rural locations throughout Canada connecting anywhere from 30 to 800 users at each site. “There are numerous communities throughout Canada that do not have access to broadband internet, with the challenge in Nunavut being particularly acute as the Territory is 100 per cent dependent on satellite connectivity services.”

While customers in remote or rural communities have raved about Starlink’s high-speed access, it comes at aHodgkinson would not says how much its new service will cost, adding “anything done in the satellite space will be more expensive than running a wire. It will be comparable to any distribution system that offers cable, fibre, or wireless to the home. The pricing will be less than Starlink in some circumstances, and more in others.

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