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The following table summarizes residential broadband offerings in Canada: The legal definition of Broadband in Canada is 1.5 Mbit/s (megabits per second). This is essentially the bandwidth required to transmit compressed VGA (640x480) motion video with modest quality. However, in recent years the competition between the major broadband Internet providers has caused frequent increases in the available bandwidth provided to home users. Regional Canadian ISPs peer through a few major Internet Exchange Point s, the most notable of which is the Toronto Internet Exchange . However, these regional networks usually share the same backbones for longer distance connectivity. The largest DSL provider in Canada is Bell Sympatico. Bell owns and maintains physical layer connectivity through a combination of optical fibre networks, DSLAM and Customer Premise Equipment . Few other DSL providers have comparable network infrastructure and instead use lines provided by Bell through a service called "Dry DSL". ADSL is the predominant technology while ADSL2+ is quickly emerging as the new standard, fueled by the urgency to compete with cable companies in the digital TV market. In British Columbia, Alberta, and parts of Quebec, the incumbent telco is TELUS, owning the DSLAMs, the fibre, and provides many services Bell does, however at slower speeds. An example of the speed difference is a standard DSL line in BC/AB is 1.5 Mbit/s, while a standard DSL line in ON/QC can be up to 5 Mbit/s; the top tier internet speed is 6 Mbit/s in BC/AB and 16 Mbit/s in ON/QC. The other major players offering DSL and IPTV services are Sasktel (in Saskatchewan) and MTS (in Manitoba). Download speeds are approx. up to 8 Mbit/s, though recent upgrades now make HDTV and much higher rates possible. For Cable offerings, standard North American DOCSIS based equipment are used. (listing http://canadianisp.ca ). |
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