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Internet key to keeping rural communities connected: Fergstad
Local business owner Bobbi Fergstad is expanding Peace Country connectivity through her new company, The Rural Link.
Fergstad started the business in July 2012 to help bring quality Internet service to rural communities that have struggled with access from large providers.
Fergstad spoke at a Rotary Club meeting recently to emphasize the importance of keeping rural communities connected.
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Rural Internet gets high-speed boost
Surf’s up in west-Central Alberta.
The provincial government has announced the next phase of a program to bring high-speed Internet to rural and remote areas of the province.
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County Internet needs
In this day and age of technology, having connection to the Internet is almost a necessity, but for some residents of Leduc County, they are not connected whatsoever.
Leduc County has identified six townships within their jurisdiction, which affects 669 dwellings, as underserved or not covered at all by a broadband network.
Leduc County has applied via the government’s The Final Mile Rural Community Program, which consists of a $5 million initiative to fund projects that enable high-speed Internet access to unserviced locations in rural Alberta.
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