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  2. Internet in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada's DATAPAC was the world's first public data network designed specifically for X.25 when it opened for use in 1976.. 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.

  3. TDS Telecom - Wikipedia

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    TDS Telecom is an American telecommunications company with headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc, and is the seventh-largest local exchange carrier in the U.S. TDS Telecom offers telephone, broadband Internet and television services to customers in 30 states and more than 900 rural and suburban communities, though it also serves ...

  4. List of internet service providers in Canada - Wikipedia

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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 .

  5. Telephone and Data Systems - Wikipedia

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    Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago -based telecommunications service company providing wireless products and services; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice services; and hosted and managed services to approximately 6 million customers nationwide through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular ( NYSE : USM) and OneNeck ...

  6. Telecommunications in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The All Red Line cable for the British Empire.Canada as an interconnection-point. c.a. 1903. The history of telegraphy in Canada dates back to the Province of Canada.While the first telegraph company was the Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company, founded in 1846, it was the Montreal Telegraph Company, controlled by Hugh Allan and founded a year later, that dominated ...

  7. Digital divide in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The digital divide in Canada refers to the discrepancy that exists between Canadians who have access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and the benefits they provide compared to those who do not. [1] This divide can be the result of many factors, including high costs for technology and online access, [2] differences in the ...

  8. AlphaStar (satellite broadcasting service) - Wikipedia

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    AlphaStar Digital Television was a direct-to-home satellite broadcasting service for the United States market developed by Canadian firm Tee-Comm Electronics. It was the first direct-to-home satellite broadcasting service in the United States to use the internationally accepted DVB-S broadcasting standard and used 39" satellite dish receivers. [1]

  9. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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    Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is the Federal Identity Program name. The legal name is Canada Post Corporation in English and Société canadienne des postes in French. During the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, the short forms used in the corporation's logo were "Mail" (English) and "Poste" (French), rendered as "Poste Mail" in Québec ...