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\u201cThis is a real game-changer for her in terms of being able to do all those things that she couldn\u2019t do before without a great deal of difficulty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Parsons described the experience of switching from competing service Xplornet to SpaceX\u2019s Starlink internet service:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I had to download large files or updates to the operating system \u2026 those were very hard to do or next to impossible to do before,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now it\u2019s almost instantaneous. It\u2019s just unbelievable, the difference in the speed. It\u2019s been great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Josh Tabish, public affairs manager for the Canadian Internet Registry Authority, says the average internet speed in rural Canada is around 5 Mbps compared to a median speed of 10x that by Starlink.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur data suggests that the service is quite fast,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have about 15,000 Starlink tests from across the country. And the tests show that Starlink has a median download speed of 52.16 megabits per second.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Canadian government plans to connect everyone across Canada by 2030, but Starlink is providing a workable solution today for customers in rural areas \u2013 as the Parsons family shows.<\/p>\n

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