In 2014, Waterton began construction of a fibre network, leveraging funds from a Parks Canada initiative that required all Parks Canada offices to have a fibre connection. TELUS fibre optic cables run to the entrance of the park, and access was extended to near the town by Parks Canada during the construction of the Kootenai Brown Trail47. Waterton has since procured a fibre connection to Calgary through TELUS, and utilizes O-NET as its ISP.
Waterton offers a wireless network that covers the town and its townsite campground. According to Improvement District chairman, Brian Reeves, wireless internet access is “the number one thing people ask for, no matter whether they’re staying: in a hotel or in the campground in a motorhome48.”
References
47Pincher Creek Echo. Fibre optic speeds in Waterton, 25 February 2015, p.5.
48Pincher Creek Echo. Fibre optic speeds in Waterton, 25 February 2015, p.5.