How federal decisions on wholesale rates impacts internet prices for all Canadians

September 9, 2020Imran Mohiuddin Comment

On August 15, 2020, the federal government issued a controversial statement regarding an ongoing disagreement between incumbent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and wholesale [...]

University of Alberta sees many upsides after switching to IPv6

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020Meagan Hampel Comment

In 2018, the University of Alberta switched its wifi to IPv6 (internet protocol version 6). Raymond Richmond, Team Lead for IST at the [...]

Edmonton Public Library becomes first public institution in Alberta to offer eduroam

August 20, 2020Meagan Hampel Comment

This summer, the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) became the first non-post-secondary education institution in Alberta to offer eduroam, a world-wide roaming internet access [...]

Federal Government’s hesitation to support fair wholesale rates could make internet less affordable for Canadians

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Comment

This past Saturday, August 15, federal minister Navdeep Bains issued a statement expressing concern about the CRTC’s August 2019 decision to cut wholesale [...]

“Rage Against the Machine [Learning]” Hockey vs. Data Science

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020Graham Sucha Comment

A strong understanding of math is one skill commonly needed to be a successful data scientist. Some of the most successful data scientists [...]

Data science industry fellowship helps Albertans gain real-world experience

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Comment

Cybera, in partnership with Alberta Innovates, has resumed its Data Science Industry Fellowships that was successfully piloted in 2019. The program, which commenced [...]

The ties that bind Alberta’s tech administrators

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020Meagan Hampel Comment

Between May 2019 and February 2020, Cybera held a series of half-day round table sessions in Red Deer, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Edmonton and [...]

Cybera continues to drive cost-savings for Alberta’s education sector

July 2, 2020 Comment

Cybera has once again dropped the set rate for bandwidth in its Internet Buying Group, reducing the price from $1.35 to $1.30 per Mbps. [...]