Comments on: What type of internet access doe the Diavik Diamond Mine community have? And how fast is it? ? http://diamondreference.net/diamond-mining/what-type-of-internet-access-doe-the-diavik-diamond-mine-community-have-and-how-fast-is-it/ We discuss all things about beautiful diamonds Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JimDandy http://diamondreference.net/diamond-mining/what-type-of-internet-access-doe-the-diavik-diamond-mine-community-have-and-how-fast-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-146 JimDandy Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:54:14 +0000 http://diamondreference.net/diamond-mining/what-type-of-internet-access-doe-the-diavik-diamond-mine-community-have-and-how-fast-is-it/#comment-146 <a href="http://diamondreference.net">ROMAN</a> NorthwesTel is one of several Internet providers in Yellowknife (where the Diavik Diamond mines are headquartered. I would guess that the signal originates in a larger city and is relayed into Yellowknife on either satellite or via microwave transmission. NorthwesTel advertises speeds of up to 4Mbps download and 768Kbps upload, at prices which start at $100 / month for 1.5Mbps download and go up to $250/month for 4Mbps. ROMAN

NorthwesTel is one of several Internet providers in Yellowknife (where the Diavik Diamond mines are headquartered.

I would guess that the signal originates in a larger city and is relayed into Yellowknife on either satellite or via microwave transmission. NorthwesTel advertises speeds of up to 4Mbps download and 768Kbps upload, at prices which start at $100 / month for 1.5Mbps download and go up to $250/month for 4Mbps.

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