A Halifax internet provider is trying to beam high-speed, Wi-Fi internet to two low-income seniors....
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The signal would then be distributed through the buildings using wireless transmitters. The 400 residents could buy the high speed service for a yearly rate of $125 total a year.
“People who live in these buildings do not have a lot for money. Expecting them to buy a $50 a month bundle or something to get basic internet access is just unreasonable,” said member Andrew Wright.
Wright said it was a long process to scrape together $23,000 to buy the transmission equipment, but installation should happen within the next two months.
A 2010 Statistics Canada survey found only about 50 per cent of 65-year-old seniors used the Internet and those numbers fell the older people got.
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