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CRTC Declares Broadband Internet Access a Basic Telecommunications Service – How Communities Can Benefit
Griping about a slow internet connection has become the unofficial pastime of rural Canadians. But a recent CRTC decision may improve this state of affairs. In December 2016, the commission ruled that residential fixed broadband and mobile broadband internet access are basic telecommunications services—equal in importance to the landline telephone […]
Axia/Supernet scheduled maintenance (Calgary)
Category: Calgary Supernet Maintenance AXIA Change Ticket # CA0001322541 Start Time: 2017-02-08 00:01 Local time. (Wednesday) End Time: 2017-02-08 06:00 Anticipated Outage Duration: 5 minutes During the time frame indicated above, Axia/Supernet will be performing maintenance at the Calgary PoP. The outage duration should be less than the total duration of […]
Axia/Supernet scheduled maintenance (Edmonton)
Category: EDMONTON Supernet Maintenance AXIA Change Ticket # CA0001322911 Start Time: 2017-02-15 00:01 Local time. (Wednesday) End Time: 2017-02-15 06:00 Anticipated Outage Duration: 5 minutes During the time frame indicated above, Axia/Supernet will be performing maintenance at the Edmonton PoP. The outage duration should be less than the total duration of […]
Alberta’s Rapid Access Cloud unveils free tools for powerful computing and deep learning
As data analysis becomes more complex — with people looking to sort through, process and visualize information from massive volumes of data — traditional computers are proving ill-suited to carry out such deep learning / artificial intelligence work. Graphics processing units (GPUs), however, are a great fit for these applications. […]
Internet Buying Group Sees 8th Major Price Decrease
Following last month’s decision by the CRTC to declare that broadband is a basic service for all Canadians, Cybera is pleased to offer Alberta’s public sector another piece of good news: a major cost reduction in their internet services. As of January 1, 2017, rates for Cybera’s Internet Buying Group […]
Using Technology Responsibly
Lessons learned from the Cyber Summit 2016: Using Technology Responsibly In an increasingly interconnected world, how can people maintain some semblance of privacy while preventing their devices from being hacked? More importantly, are we doing enough to ensure the generations to come have the tools they need to navigate an […]
Non-profit tech advice helps local independent film society enter the app business
As more Canadian not-for-profit arts organizations make the leap from paper-based systems to online tools, new opportunities for collaborating, sharing and innovating are emerging. Such is the case for the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA), whose efforts to build and expand a software tool for sharing its videos and […]
Embracing DNS on the Rapid Access Cloud
With the introduction of the OpenStack DNS service (designate) to the Rapid Access Cloud, users are now able to host and manage DNS zones and records, to assist with accessing and managing their resources. Nothing is required for users to start leveraging the OpenStack DNS service, as we have created […]
Albertan elected to global internet advisory council
An active voice in Alberta’s telecommunications community, Alyssa Moore, has been elected to the Advisory Council of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). She is the first Albertan, and first member of Canada’s National Research and Education Network, to take on this role. Over the next three years, Alyssa […]
Does where you live affect your network quality?
By the Cybera Data Science Team Introduction In our first blog, we used network speed test data captured by Ookla (speedtest.net) to analyze how internet speeds have changed in Canada from 2008-2014. While upload and download speeds are critical factors for people looking to participate in the digital economy, other […]
Reflections on Learning Management Cloud
On June 1 2016, Cybera officially transferred the operations of the Learning Management Cloud (LMC) to the University of Alberta. This was a bittersweet moment for us. We were sad to say goodbye to something that we had grown and developed since its inception in 2012. In a way, it […]
New reports from Cybera give the low-down on Alberta’s networking capabilities
Where are all the fibre networks in Alberta? How many free WiFi spots do we have access to in the province? And how soon until we see internet delivered by drones? After a year of researching, Cybera has unveiled a comprehensive update to the networking chapter of its 2014 State of Alberta Digital Infrastructure Report. […]
Canada’s Internet Performance: What the Numbers Show
By the Cybera Data Science Team Introduction To an ever increasing degree, participation in the economy and society at large is mediated by the internet. If people don’t have good internet access, they feel disenfranchised. Currently in Canada, there are many, many people who feel disenfranchised. For several years now, […]
Cybera recognized for its support of gender diversity in IT
This week, Cybera’s Vice President of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Barb Carra, was pleased to represent Cybera as it accepted the inaugural KNOVO Award of Distinction for corporate gender diversity. Cybera was one of 11 organizations honoured at the awards ceremony, which was held on Tuesday in Calgary’s Jubilee Auditorium. […]
Alberta Educator’s First Major Shared Service Passes the Test
When over 53,000 students at three of Alberta’s post-secondary institutions went online this month to register for courses and communicate with their teachers, it was under the watchful eye of the University of Alberta’s IT staff. The institution has successfully transferred the operations of one of Alberta’s first educational shared […]