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Nunavut government backs away from Iqaluit-Nuuk fiber-optic cable

Instead the territorial government will now focus on a marine cable that will run past Nunavik to Chisasibi.

By Jim Bell, Nunatsiaq News January 21, 2021
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The Government of Nunavut’s $209 million plan for plugging the territory into an ultra-fast fiber-optic cable will likely take a big detour this year, a government spokesperson told Nunatsiaq News earlier this week in an email.

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