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How good is your Internet connection and cell phone coverage? Do you see weather-related interruptions of service frequently?

grecy 12y ago
In Whitehorse we have cable internet and TV, and you can get 100Mbps Cable for $140/mo with a 300GB usage cap. All the internet is capped, which is the worst part. As soon as you're out of town, you can only get DSL, up to a maximum of 15Mbps, though most people top out at 5Mbps due to distance from exchange. Checkout the only provider for more prices http://www.nwtel.ca/personal/internet/packages http://www.nwtel.ca/personal/internet/packages (I work for them...) Cell phones are good now - 3G in pretty much every town, though basically nothing between towns. It's normal to do a 6 hour drive and only have coverage for 30 mins of that. In the bigger cities there are rarely weather related interruptions - as must stuff is on fiber, though once you start getting out things change. Of course, if you're in a town of 100 people in or very near the Arctic Circle you have to expect you're not getting 100Mbps internet with no interruptions.... it's all about expectations.
awor 12y ago
To add to what's been said, another problem is currently our only fibre link to southern Canada is via the Alaska highway, which gets accidentally cut about once a year or so by a construction company.[0] We have microwave that it will fall back to, but that's extremely limited bandwidth. [0] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to-risky-decisions-in-whitehorse-er-1.2783802 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-phone-internet-service-in-yukon-1.853060 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-ph... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustrate-northwestel-customers-1.943188 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustra... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-reduce-internet-problems-1.943187 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-re... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-internet-services-restored-1.986534 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-intern...
awor 12y ago
To add to what's been said, another problem is currently our only fibre link to southern Canada is via the Alaska highway, which gets accidentally cut about once a year or so by a construction company.[0] We have microwave that it will fall back to, but that's extremely limited bandwidth. [0] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to-risky-decisions-in-whitehorse-er-1.2783802 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-phone-internet-service-in-yukon-1.853060 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-ph... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustrate-northwestel-customers-1.943188 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustra... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-reduce-internet-problems-1.943187 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-re... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-internet-services-restored-1.986534 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-intern...

grecy 12y ago

In Whitehorse we have cable internet and TV, and you can get 100Mbps Cable for $140/mo with a 300GB usage cap. All the internet is capped, which is the worst part. As soon as you're out of town, you can only get DSL, up to a maximum of 15Mbps, though most people top out at 5Mbps due to distance from exchange. Checkout the only provider for more prices http://www.nwtel.ca/personal/internet/packages http://www.nwtel.ca/personal/internet/packages (I work for them...) Cell phones are good now - 3G in pretty much every town, though basically nothing between towns. It's normal to do a 6 hour drive and only have coverage for 30 mins of that. In the bigger cities there are rarely weather related interruptions - as must stuff is on fiber, though once you start getting out things change. Of course, if you're in a town of 100 people in or very near the Arctic Circle you have to expect you're not getting 100Mbps internet with no interruptions.... it's all about expectations.

awor 12y ago

To add to what's been said, another problem is currently our only fibre link to southern Canada is via the Alaska highway, which gets accidentally cut about once a year or so by a construction company.[0] We have microwave that it will fall back to, but that's extremely limited bandwidth. [0] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to-risky-decisions-in-whitehorse-er-1.2783802 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-phone-internet-service-in-yukon-1.853060 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-ph... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustrate-northwestel-customers-1.943188 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustra... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-reduce-internet-problems-1.943187 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-re... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-internet-services-restored-1.986534 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-intern...

awor 12y ago