I live in one of the few Canadian cities who were progressive enough to install city-managed fiber in most areas zoned for high-rise buildings. Actual internet service is provided by ISPs, but they deliberately excluded the large telcos.
Similar to the author, I also get 1Gbps symmetric, no outages, no data caps and I pay only $32 (Canadian) a month. The telcos charge four times as much for the same service (but less reliable) in the residential areas not covered by the city network.
Oh wow I had no idea Canada did municipal broadband and $32 a month is insanely cheap compared to what shaw/telus charge in the west. Which city do you live in and what's your city-managed ISP called? Would love to know more
The city-managed part of the service is called Bridgenet. Internet service is provided by Novus, Urbanfibre and a couple of other ISPs. Urbanfibre is the cheapest, and just as reliable as the others.
I live in Surrey and had no idea New West was doing this, it's like 15 minutes away. We need this idea to spread across Metro Vancouver, I'll definitely do more research into how it came about.
ps: this is a very good reason to move to new west!
Similar to the author, I also get 1Gbps symmetric, no outages, no data caps and I pay only $32 (Canadian) a month. The telcos charge four times as much for the same service (but less reliable) in the residential areas not covered by the city network.