Benefits and Use

• Accessibility – province-wide service footprint
  
  
• Reliability – leading-edge technology; monitored 24x7 by network operations centre
  
  
• Performance – leading technology provides excellent speed, security and quality
  
  
• Affordability – universal fee structure across the province; monthly flat-rate service fees
  
  
• Flexibility – service options from 0.256 Kb/sec–800 Mb/sec and evolving

General Use

Because the public sector is connected through SuperNet, Albertans have improved access to a variety of services:

• e-Government – e.g. access to government online: “one window”
  
  
• e-Learning – e.g. online resources; learning at a distance
  
  
• e-Libraries – e.g. information hub; life-long learning initiatives
  
  
• e-Health – e.g. online health applications

Business and Community

By connecting Alberta’s urban and rural communities, the SuperNet promotes competitiveness and rural economic development. It also creates business opportunities for Internet service providers of any size.