First, in today’s decision, the CRTC approved a request to provide Canadians with more detailed data on the service providers, technologies, and speeds available in their area. This will make it easier for Canadians to compare options and make informed decisions, and will support future investments to improve connectivity across Canada.
Second, the CRTC is launching a public consultation to improve how cellphone coverage data is collected and reported. This will help service providers, governments, public safety organizations, and Canadians better identify where coverage is strong and where improvements are needed. These improvements will also make it more efficient for service providers to submit data. The CRTC is accepting comments until March 16, 2026.
There’s not much that’s not green
Many areas have bandwidth up to 50Mb/s, which I think is the minimum standard the CRTC is aiming for. The useful feature of the map is the list of providers for the selected area, which is in a collapsed section below. They’re planning on updating that with the latest providers with this new decision.
It sounds silly to me that they want service providers to submit this data rather than letting consumers submit data or scraping it from other data. I’m not sure I would trust if Telus submitted once upon a time that a potential new address offers a particular service level.
Fair point. Maybe you should respond with that in the public consultation!
I thought of pointing them to the existing service that collects this data but I’m not sure how well it would link to what they want; OpenSignal or something?
Nor do I know if this is feasible or realistic so I don’t want to add to the noise being completely uninformed.