A community Wi-Fi project in a local first nation has managed to connect almost all of the community’s residents to high-speed internet.
Paqtnkek’s chief says bugs and infrastructure issues have been more or less worked out, and the majority of around 130 households have access to the expanded capacity, wholesale broadband connection.
Paul Prosper tells The Hawk, it’s a necessary service he thinks will be good for the whole community.
“The band taking on this initiative really provides a certain benefit for all community members,” he says. “I think internet is a basic necessity nowadays, and so we’re just happy to be able to provide that.”
Prosper says, in total, Paqtnkek spent about $500,000 on the project.
He says they expect to recover most of that cost within 5 years.
