Not all internet services are created equal! Fibre is heads and tails the fastest, but only available to the largest population centres. Urban community averages are 21.88/20.29 Mbps. When tests run from within the major urban communities were removed from the sample, the average speeds dropped to 7.2/3 Mbps. The average download speed was just under 9 Mbps and upload is 5 Mbps. Key findings show that 4,330 speed tests were run in Northern Ontario over five years. Aggregate results per community do not necessarily reflect the overall average of internet connections for every user within that community. Speed tests are typically run by internet users that are dissatisfied with their service. The report findings are consistent with other reports issued showing disparity between urban and rural connections, as well as an overall average of test results being below Federal Government objectives. We use the information about speeds at the property level to show the need and the impact improved Broadband Infrastructure will have.īlue Sky Net has released “The Speed of Northern Ontario Broadband”, a report of the collective data from those historical speed tests. When you take this test, users are helping to support applications to funding agencies such as the CRTC, the Universal Broadband Fund and the Provincial Broadband Fund. Recently, Blue Sky has partnered with CIRA’s Internet Performance Test, to collect the most detailed information relating to Northern Ontario’s internet speeds. Additionally, over the last five years, collected speed test data retrieved from that portal. One of the many features of the public portal includes a high-speed service availability checker where visitors can search their street address to see what TSP delivers connectivity to their cottage, home or office. Over the past number of years, Blue Sky Net has led a partnership with FedNor, other Information Communication Technology Networks (ICTN’s) and area Telecommunication Service Providers (TPS’s) to create a visual database of all coverage in Northern Ontario and can provide a spatial view of where internet is, where it isn’t and what speeds it is delivered at.īlue Sky Net based in North Bay, has created this GIS map as part of their ongoing technology development initiatives.

This is mainly because the investment needed to install and operate internet infrastructure is expensive, and there is uncertainty with telecommunication providers’ ability to return that investment. It has never been so evident as during the COVID- 19 crisis. North Bay, Ontario – June 10, 2020, Many residents throughout rural Canada have limited access to affordable high-speed internet.

Blue Sky Net releases “The Speed of Northern Ontario Broadband” Report

Sky broadband download speed test