A while back we were talking about the new fibre optic service to homes that Bell Aliant is rolling out in Fredericton and Saint John over the next year.
This sounds like an interesting new product. Our problem at the time was the provincial government's involvement in the deal. It essentially amounted to the Graham Liberals giving the big Bell phone company (headquarters in Toronto) a tax-payer funded grant along with a sweetheart contract for the government phone business.
Now the other shoes are starting to drop. Bell recently announced that the cost of this tax-payer subsidized service is going to be $100 per month for high-speed internet. Yowch!
We're sure the Premier can afford to spend more than $1,000 a year to be able to download YouTube videos, but it makes you wonder just how many actual New Brunswickers will actually be able to get this new service.
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