To add to what's been said, another problem is currently our only fibre link to southern Canada is via the Alaska highway, which gets accidentally cut about once a year or so by a construction company.[0] We have microwave that it will fall back to, but that's extremely limited bandwidth.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-slowdown-led-to...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-restoring-ph...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/internet-outages-frustra...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-trying-to-re...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-n-w-t-phone-intern...

In Whitehorse we have cable internet and TV, and you can get 100Mbps Cable for $140/mo with a 300GB usage cap.

All the internet is capped, which is the worst part.

As soon as you're out of town, you can only get DSL, up to a maximum of 15Mbps, though most people top out at 5Mbps due to distance from exchange. Checkout the only provider for more prices http://www.nwtel.ca/personal/internet/packages (I work for them...)

Cell phones are good now - 3G in pretty much every town, though basically nothing between towns. It's normal to do a 6 hour drive and only have coverage for 30 mins of that.

In the bigger cities there are rarely weather related interruptions - as must stuff is on fiber, though once you start getting out things change. Of course, if you're in a town of 100 people in or very near the Arctic Circle you have to expect you're not getting 100Mbps internet with no interruptions.... it's all about expectations.