It’s over for Peak link In Ontario, according to the Prime Minister of the Canadian province, Doug Ford. Ford said In a press conference This due to the American rates imposed against Canada, Ontario has canceled A 100 million dollars contract with Starlink Satellite Company by Elon Musk he Signed in November.
“We will tear Ontario’s contract with Starlink. It has been done. It has disappeared. We will not attribute contracts to people who allow and encourage economic attacks against our province and our country,” said Ford.
This is not the first time that the contract has been canceled: in early February, when the prices against Canada were imminent, he said he would be canceled. But it was apparently suspended when prices against Canada and Mexico were delayed by President Donald Trump’s administration.
At the time, Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, the company owner of Starlink, replied via X, “too bad. “”
Starlink and SpaceX did not publicly comment on the second news of cancellation and an email at SpaceX looking for an answer was not immediately returned.
The contract was aimed at providing high -speed Internet services to rural residents and citizens in northern Ontario. Starlink is estimated at around 533,000 customers in CanadaAnd we do not know what will happen to residents of Ontario who are already counting on the Internet service of Starlink. Satellite companies with business in Canada include Telestat, which is building a service called Lightspeed, but it should not be launched for several years.
Shortly what will happen to customers
Walter-strain MicahPresident of the Spatial Competition Company Caelus Partners and contributor S-Network space index fundsaid the cancellation creates an opportunity for other Internet suppliers and Canada -based satellite companies or by regions, notably Europe.
But, added Walter-Drange, it is unlikely that Ontario’s move will put Starlink’s global business in Jeopardy.
“It is unlikely that the company will take an important blow for the moment,” he said. “In many places, Starlink is simply the best option available, even if customers do not like Musk or Trump administration. Recent events create incentives for governments and other customers to seek long -term alternatives.”
Walter-Drange has said that alternatives such as Telestat are currently based on satellites in higher orbits that provide less quality internet service. For Lightspeed, “it will take a while beyond that of satellites sufficiently operational to provide solid service,” he said.
Despite Ontario’s ban, some customers could still do business with Starlink.
“Unless the Canadian government prohibits the star bond at the national level and reveals its authorization to transmit signals in Canada, a customer who buys directly from Starlink should not be assigned,” said Walter-Drange. “However, if a Canadian resident has access via a subsidized government program that uses Starlink as a supplier, it could be a different option or perhaps nothing at all.”
