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1. Aliant Bringing High Speed to All Islanders - Well, its no wonder Aliant is bringing high speed internet to the entire Island, after all, high speed internet is their business. Imagine for a second that Aliant did not make this investment, instead say the government gave $10 million to another company such as ISN Wireless. The $10 million dollar investment into a company like ISN Wireless[More]

2. Economic Downturn & PEI - Has the economic downturn really hit PEI? Kathy Hambly, executive director of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce doesn't think so and neither do I. I haven't heard of any mass layoffs, except for Bell Canada/Aliant. Then again, when things are going good we don't exactly see lots of new companies coming in adding 100's of jobs to our economy like in the bigger centers. I still be...[More]

3. Update: Aliant Bringing High Speed to All Islanders - Tonight Bruce Howatt of Aliant was on CBC Compass reporting in on Aliant's goal to bring high speed internet to all Islanders. Bruce reported that they are 30% completed (5,000 households are able to connect to DSL, out of 25,000). Bruce also reported they are on schedule. He said they expect prices to be between $29.95 to $49.95 a month and Aliant is expecting the project to cost $8.2 million. If all of those 5,000 people connected then that would be additional revenue for...[More]