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Red Deer, AB - How is there not better coverage in this city?!
I moved to Red Deer, AB a year and a half ago.... from Hinton, AB, a town a quarter the size of Red Deer. Hinton had fiber, Red Deer does not, at all. I managed to get Internet 150, which is fine. ...
Telus is rolling out fibre in many cities. Generally it’s done in a first and second wave. Hitting what was previously missed on the initial buildout. (It all depends on the area/location) These things do take time, but does happen.
During the pandemic things have slowed down for obvious reasons. That being said Shaw “fibre” is not FTTH (fibre to the home) it’s a marketing gimmick to confuse the consumer. You only need to look at their upload speed (stuck in the early 2000s) It will become apparent it’s COAX end of mile.
The Telus fibre network needed to be built from the ground up, and connected to every single point of service in their service area. That's not a small task. Some areas will get done before others, that's just how it goes. There are still neighbourhoods in major cities that are not connected. I believe your characterization that "Telus [is] sitting around like a dumb turtle" isn't accurate. They have now connected > 80% of their traditional footprint to their new network. That doesn't happen when you "sit around like a dumb turtle".
