News Summary

Starlink continues to be the leading internet provider for rural Canadians, even as its performance has declined over the past six months. Opensignal’s report compares Starlink’s satellite network performance to fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband across Canada. Despite the decline, Starlink still offers better download speeds than FWA in remote areas, aligning with Canada’s ‘High-Speed Access for All’ initiative. Starlink meets the target speeds of 50Mbps download and 10Mbps upload, while FWA lags behind. However, in terms of service reliability, FWA outperformed Starlink in most provinces. The report suggests that expanding FWA infrastructure and investing in alternatives like Telesat Lightspeed could provide long-term solutions for rural internet access.