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Ontario signs $100M deal with Elon Musk's Starlink system

Published Nov 15, 2024 at 3:50pm

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Ontario signs $100M deal with Elon Musk's Starlink system

Ontario Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma says the new so-called ONSAT program will bring SpaceX’s Starlink high-speed satellite internet system to 15,000 premises.

Premier Doug Ford's government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern Ontario.

Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma says the new so-called ONSAT program will bring SpaceX's Starlink high-speed satellite internet system to 15,000 premises.

She says the service will be used to connect people in the hardest-to-reach areas of the province to the internet.

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