Amedeo Bernardi Consulting Inc. PHASE ONE REPORT The Corporation of the Municipality of Temagami and Temagami First Nation Broadband Assessment FINAL VERSION OCTOBER 1, 2019 ©Amedeo Bernardi Consulting Page 1 of 146 Amedeo Bernardi Consulting Inc. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 6 2.0 Approach to the Study .......................................................................................... 9 2.1 Phase 1 .............................................................................................................. 9 3.0 Participating Communities .................................................................................. 10 4.0 Broadband Primer .............................................................................................. 11 4.1 What is broadband? ........................................................................................ 11 Broadband Service Layers .................................................................................... 13 4.2 High-Speed ...................................................................................................... 15 Oversubscription .................................................................................................. 16 4.3 Broadband Statistics ........................................................................................ 17 4.4 Global Network................................................................................................ 20 Canadian Network ............................................................................................... 22 Data Centres ........................................................................................................ 23 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) ............................................................................ 26 5.0 Regulatory Overview .......................................................................................... 27 5.1 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ....... 28 5.2 Innovation, Science and Economic Development ............................................ 29 5.3 Regulatory Matters .......................................................................................... 30 Open Access (Net Neutrality) ............................................................................... 30 Broadband Internet Decision ............................................................................... 31 Fibre Access Decision ........................................................................................... 33 5G and the 3500 MHz Band ................................................................................. 33 Tower Sharing ...................................................................................................... 35 Pole Attachment Fees Increase ............................................................................ 36 Final rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access services ......................... 37 M-208, Rural Digital Infrastructure ...................................................................... 38 Connect to Innovate (CTI) .................................................................................... 39 Page 2 of 146 Amedeo Bernardi Consulting Inc. 5.4 Telecom Service Provider Categories ............................................................... 40 Facilities-Based-Providers .................................................................................... 40 Non-Facilities-Based Providers ............................................................................. 41 6.0 Local Access Distribution Network ...................................................................... 43 6.1 Terrestrial ........................................................................................................ 45 Overview .............................................................................................................. 45 Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) .................................................................................... 47 Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) ..................................................................................... 49 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) ................................................................................. 50 Coax Cable ........................................................................................................... 51 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) ....................................................................................... 52 6.2 Wireless ........................................................................................................... 53 Overview .............................................................................................................. 53 Fixed Wireless ...................................................................................................... 56 LTE ....................................................................................................................... 57 600MHz ................................................................................................................ 59 5G ........................................................................................................................ 60 Satellite ................................................................................................................ 63 Mobile Wireless ................................................................................................... 66 7.0 Study Area Analysis............................................................................................. 67 7.1 Regional Transport Network ............................................................................ 67 Ontera Fibre and Equipment POP ........................................................................ 70 Bell Canada Fibre Access Point ............................................................................. 71 7.2 Community Last Mile Networks ....................................................................... 72 7.3 Needs and Gap Overview ................................................................................ 73 7.4 Community Analysis Introduction .................................................................... 76 7.5 Temagami (Core) ............................................................................................. 78 Quick View ........................................................................................................... 78 Page 3 of 146 Amedeo Bernardi Consulting Inc. Telecommunications Observations ...................................................................... 78 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 83 Estimated Capital Ranges ..................................................................................... 83 7.6 Temagami North .............................................................................................. 84 Quick View ........................................................................................................... 84 Telecommunications Observations ...................................................................... 84 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 87 Estimated Capital Ranges ..................................................................................... 87 7.7 Marten River.................................................................................................... 88 Quick View ........................................................................................................... 88 Telecommunications Observations ...................................................................... 88 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 92 Estimated Capital Ranges ..................................................................................... 92 7.8 Bear Island ....................................................................................................... 93 Quick View ........................................................................................................... 93 Telecommunications Observations ...................................................................... 93 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 98 Estimated Capital Ranges ..................................................................................... 99 7.9 Temagami (Lake) ........................................................................................... 100 Quick View ......................................................................................................... 100 Telecommunications Observations .................................................................... 100 Recommendations ............................................................................................. 102 Estimated Capital Ranges ................................................................................... 103 8.0 Survey ............................................................................................................... 108 8.1 Overview ....................................................................................................... 108 8.2 Survey Details