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It hosted the World Plowing Championship, and it has the fastest Internet speed in Canada.

Yep, Internet speeds in Olds, Albertaare about 10 times faster than the rest of the country.

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While homes in cities like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto are toiling with maximum speeds only up to 100 megabits per second, in Olds Alberta – 90 kilometres north of Calgary – they have access to one Gigabit per second connections, and at the bargain basement rate of $57 per month, with no data caps.

This is not the latest venture of Google Fiber, but rather a 10-year-long project that cost about $13 million, started by a non-profit corporation with the intent of keeping young people in the town from flocking to other urban centres. Over time, the company built up the network, and without the help of the major Internet providers, it has come up with a high-speed solution to rival any other service in the country.