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Deferral Account Summary and Maps

(This page should be read in conjunction with the DA Status page)

Updated 11 Jul 12

CRTC Deferral Account Decision

In Telecom Decision CRTC 2010-637 released on Tuesday, 31 Aug 10, the Commission approved the use of $306.3M of Bell Deferral Account money to provide DSL based broadband (high speed) Internet service in the selected service areas.

This was subsequently changed to HSPA+ technology using data hubs.

Five  five areas in the Algoma District were included in the decision- namely SSM - Airport (Pointes areas), Wawa, Goulais, Echo Bay, and St. Joseph Island.   Maps of the coverage areas are shown below.

ll Aliant Deferral Account detailed plan in raw ZIP format is now available at
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/PartVII/eng/2008/8638/c12_200817505.htm

Deferral Account Areas - Public Information

The map information below is extracted from material published on the CRTC website at various times since 2004.

The actual area of the designated Deferral Account coverage shown in purple or red outline may vary during the actual implementation process.

A major announcement from Bell about the actual implementation schedule is expected around the end of July 2012. This information will be published as soon as it becomes available.

 

Airport Deferral Account Area	Goulais Deferral Account Area
St Joseph Island Deferral Account Area	Wawa Deferral Account Area
Echo Bay Deferral Account Area