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Two major players in the Canadian telecom industry have teamed up to provide broadband access and high-speed Web connectivity to a small northern Ontario town, which the companies say would open the door to unlimited socio-economic opportunities for the community.

Calling it vital to Canada

Calling it vital to Canada

Calling it vital to Canada

In a town where the closest urban centre is an eight-hour train ride away, high-speed Internet access is a pipe dream

Industry Canada last month announced plans to create a task force that will devise options for bringing high speed Internet access to every rural and remote community by 2004. The timeline of the vision raised eyebrows as both carriers and analysts wondered how this goal would be accomplished when service providers in urban communities are still struggling over how to solve the last mile bottleneck in those areas.