By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca ROSE PRAIRIE, B.C. — Members of a large northeast B.C. First Nation community will soon have access to high-speed internet connectivity. Doig River First Nation (DRFN) IT manager Thomas Whitton shared the details with Energeticcity.ca about the full upgrade, which is partially up and will be fully operational by the end of summer thanks to a solar power project. Whitton said upgrading the entire community was “a meaningful step forward,” and one of his first goals when he became IT manager for DRFN back in 2022. “What we had in place previously was a wireless network that the band provided to the community,” said Whitton. “We saw anywhere from five megabits per second up [and] capped out at maybe 35 megabits per…
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