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This is an alphabetical list of notable internet service providers in Canada. [ 1 ] Among Canada's biggest internet service providers (ISP) are Bell , Rogers , Telus , and Shaw —with the former two being the largest in Ontario , and the latter two dominating western provinces .
Rogers Hi-Speed Internet is a broadband Internet service provider in Canada, owned by Rogers Communications. Rogers previously operated under the brand names Rogers@Home, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, WAVE, and Road Runner in Newfoundland. It is currently the second largest Internet provider in Canada, after Bell Internet by customer count.
In 1999, Look TV and Internet Direct (Canadian ISP operating in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.) merged to become Look Communications, with Look stockholders receiving 60% of the combined entity and Internet Direct stockholders receiving the remaining 40%. [2] Look Communications filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001.
High-Speed Extreme Internet [ edit ] On August 14, 2007, Videotron announced starting October 1 they would impose a 100-gigabyte-per-month download / upload limit with a penalty of $1.50 per extra gigabyte to their previously unrestricted High-Speed Extreme Internet service, even to existing subscribers. [ 19 ]
Canada's DATAPAC was the world's first public data network designed specifically for X.25 when it opened for use in 1976. [7]A 1983 project to network approximately 20 Canadian universities was initiated and driven at the University of Guelph by a small team including Bob McQueen, Kent Percival and Peter Jaspers-Fayer with the aim to share files and transfer emails.
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As of 2010, it was the largest privately owned cable company in Canada, with 457,075 subscribers [4] in nine provinces (excluding Saskatchewan). It remains privately held by the Bragg family of Oxford, Nova Scotia. [5] In 2008, Eastlink purchased the wireline business of ISN, Prince Edward Island's only local internet service provider. [6]
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