Ontario inks deal with Elon Musk for 100M to use starlink

Frankfooter

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if Chow is saying that it will cost almost 50 mill to take down bike lanes from 3 major streets

I'm sure the city spend more then 100 mil on building all those stupid bike lanes all across the city and they were getting ready to build a lot more until Ford put a stop to it
Toronto already voted that DoFo shouldn't ever be mayor.
He should stay the fuck out of city affairs.

Stick to the things he's supposed to fix.
 

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The Bloor bike lanes are busy all the time.
Yonge and university getting there.

DoFo's government is hiding a report that proves him wrong.

Traffic is from the construction that DoFo is pushing.
Geez you really got nothing better to do than make stuff up. I see those bike lanes daily and see no bikes on them daily. Maybe now the winter is coming they'll be getting used a lot more. :ROFLMAO:
 
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what do you have against betterment of indigenous communities and helping them to gain access to internet?

from your article link !:

" The new Ontario Satellite Internet (ONSAT) program is part of the provincial government's nearly $4-billion investment to bring high speed internet access to every community in Ontario."

"Michael Lindsay, the president and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, said the province held a competitive procurement process to choose a satellite internet provider for the ONSAT program."

"What the province will be doing is we will be paying for the installation and equipment fees,"

"As part of those contract requirements, SpaceX is going to engage directly with Indigenous communities to ensure equal access to the program and to create socioeconomic opportunities through employment, contracting and training opportunities where feasible,"
Keep in mind that Frankfooter cries about any investment in Ontario that doesn't benefit downtown Toronto. He believes there is nothing outside of downtown that's worth consideration. Downtown is Frankfooter's 15 minute city.

And if you hadn't noticed, he hates Ford. Ford could cure cancer and Frankfooter would still be crying about something.

This is one of 270+ related projects to bring internet connectivity to every place in the province. It's also funded in part by the federal government as part of a national investment.
It's not just for a one-time cost for 15000 homes/businesses.

More info here:
https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrou...nging-high-speed-internet-to-more-communities

Canada's Connectivity Strategy is a historic commitment: to connect every Canadian to affordable, high-speed Internet no matter where they live, and to improve mobile cellular access from coast to coast to coast.
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/hi...peed-access-all-canadas-connectivity-strategy
 
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I dont think so.
It is likely the 100M is for several years.
It isnt as simple as a residential install.
its much easier actually. I have working colleagues who lives in their van in the San Diego area. They bought the starlink kit and have full internet wherever they go!
 
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I meant cheap quality not cheap price. :ROFLMAO:

a road surface is an extremely harsh environment for a paint coating
Road paints use to be very resilient, reasonably inexpensive, modified rubber polymers dissolved in organic solvents
These were switched to more expensive water based paints which do not stand up to traffic / weather anywhere near as well as the solvent paint.
The water based paints dry a lot slower, have a much shorter application season but do not evaporate organic solvents in to the air.

Its a trade off
On balance this trade off is a reasonable one.
 
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Keep in mind that Frankfooter cries about any investment in Ontario that doesn't benefit downtown Toronto. He believes there is nothing outside of downtown that's worth consideration. Downtown is Frankfooter's 15 minute city.

And if you hadn't noticed, he hates Ford. Ford could cure cancer and Frankfooter would still be crying about something.

This is one of 270+ related projects to bring internet connectivity to every place in the province. It's also funded in part by the federal government as part of a national investment.
It's not just for a one-time cost for 15000 homes/businesses.

More info here:
https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrou...nging-high-speed-internet-to-more-communities

Canada's Connectivity Strategy is a historic commitment: to connect every Canadian to affordable, high-speed Internet no matter where they live, and to improve mobile cellular access from coast to coast to coast.
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/hi...peed-access-all-canadas-connectivity-strategy
Franky thinks we should buy all of our groceries at RABBA or Isle 24 which are popping up in every condo development in the burbs.
 
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Franky thinks we should buy all of our groceries at RABBA or Isle 24 which are popping up in every condo development in the burbs.
Or he only orders from Uber Eats and wants the cyclist delivery guy to get to his place faster. Frankfooter has never ventured out of the downtown core, and that's why his opinions only go as far north as Bloor St.
 
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Like I've mentioned before. Stop using twitter as your source of information. The world doesn't revolved around you and the few who use the bike lanes.
You post your personal opinion.
There is no need to count it as relevant, its just your opinion.

The xitter has good and bad, its not the medium but the posts.
And the posts show that Bloor businesses want the bike lanes, the people of Toronto want the bike lanes and they are well used.
DoFo lied about the stats and is hiding a report that shows he is lying.
 

roddermac

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You post your personal opinion.
There is no need to count it as relevant, its just your opinion.

The xitter has good and bad, its not the medium but the posts.
And the posts show that Bloor businesses want the bike lanes, the people of Toronto want the bike lanes and they are well used.
DoFo lied about the stats and is hiding a report that shows he is lying.
You post what fits your narrative. That's all.
 
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