{"id":44918,"date":"2017-01-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/news\/city-burlington-asks-businesses-and-residents-test-their-internet\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:57:36","slug":"city-burlington-asks-businesses-and-residents-test-their-internet","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/resources\/news\/state-of-internet\/city-burlington-asks-businesses-and-residents-test-their-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Burlington asks businesses and residents to test their Internet connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>January 31, 2017 \u2013 Burlington, ON<\/strong><\/em> \u2013\u00a0The City of Burlington and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) are working in partnership to launch an Internet performance test for the city.\u00a0Residents and businesses are encouraged to test their Internet connection.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>January 31, 2017 \u2013 Burlington, ON<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burlington.ca\/en\/index.asp\">City of Burlington<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/\">Canadian Internet Registration Authority<\/a> (CIRA) are working in partnership to launch an Internet performance test for the city.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and businesses are encouraged to test their Internet connection by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/Burlington\">https:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/Burlington<\/a>. The test will take only a few seconds.<\/p>\n<h2>Key facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Burlington is committed to creating a city that grows \u2013 with strong job growth, modern transportation systems, an engaging community and a commitment to a healthy environment. Part of delivering on this promise means city officials monitor and evaluate the state of Burlington&#8217;s infrastructure, including local broadband Internet speed and quality.<\/li>\n<li>Burlington&#8217;s Internet Performance Test will provide businesses and residents with important information about the health of their Internet connection, while contributing data to a crowdsourced dataset that will allow municipal leaders to understand any gaps or areas of best-practice.<\/li>\n<li>The test displays results instantly on a map, allowing users to understand the geography of connectivity in their region.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that Burlington continues to have strong Internet services across the municipality will help connect residents to their city, connect the city to the global economy and ensure that Burlington continues to deliver the strong quality of life that its residents expect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Executive quotes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"quote-figure\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>As a city that grows, we need our infrastructure such as our internet to grow with us. More and more of our city services are available online for residents and businesses and our business and industry needs reliable, fast internet speeds to keep their competitive edge in the global market.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"name\">Mayor Rick Goldring<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"quote-figure\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The information provided through this test will help identify areas in need of improvement as well as areas of strength for economic growth and development.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"name\">Frank McKeown,<\/span> <span class=\"organisation\">Executive Director, Burlington Economic Development Corporation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"quote-figure\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We know that the high-performance broadband Internet infrastructure is critical to ensuring continued competitiveness in the new global economy. Internet performance measurement can help companies understand the real competitive advantages of locating a business in your city. It can also help ensure that the baseline data is in place to help evaluate smart community projects and programs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"name\">Dave Chiswell,<\/span> <span class=\"organisation\">VP of Product Development at CIRA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Additional resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Test your Internet connection today at <a href=\"https:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/burlington\">https:\/\/performance.cira.ca\/burlington<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For more information on CIRA&#8217;s work to help Canadian municipalities address their needs for Internet measurement, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/performance.cira.ca\">http:\/\/performance.cira.ca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the City of Burlington<\/h2>\n<p>Burlington is one of Canada&#8217;s best and most livable cities, a place where people, nature and business thrive. Sign up to learn more about Burlington at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burlington.ca\/enews\">www.burlington.ca\/enews<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the Canadian Internet Registration Authority<\/h2>\n<p>The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) manages the .CA top-level domain on behalf of all Canadians. CIRA also develops technologies and services that help support its goal of building a better online Canada. The CIRA team operates one of the fastest-growing ccTLDs, a high-performance global DNS network, and one of the world&#8217;s most advanced back-end registry solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, 2017 \u2013 Burlington, ON \u2013\u00a0The City of Burlington and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) are working in partnership to launch an Internet performance test for the city.\u00a0Residents and businesses are encouraged to test their Internet connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"slim_seo":{"title":"City of Burlington asks businesses and residents to test their Internet connection - CIRA","description":"January 31, 2017 \u2013 Burlington, ON \u2013\u00a0The City of Burlington and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) are working in partnership to launch an Inter"},"footnotes":""},"topic":[1028],"class_list":["post-44918","cira_news","type-cira_news","status-publish","hentry","cira_news_type-cira-news-type-press-release","cira_topic-cira-topic-state-of-internet","cira_author-tanya-ocallaghan"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cira_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cira_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/topic?post=44918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}