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# Starlink Fallout Delays Ontario’s Universal Internet Target
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/starlink-fallout-delays-ontarios-universal-internet-target/
- Published: 2025-11-04T00:03:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:43:36.000Z
- Description: Ontario delayed its broadband goal to 2028 amid U.S. trade tensions and construction setbacks.
- Author: Akul Saxena
- Tags: SpaceX, Rural, Fiber, Canada, tariffs, Elon Musk, Doug Ford, ONSAT, Infrastructure Ontario, Ontario, Rogers Communications, #with-siderail, First Nations, LEO

Nov. 3, 2025 — Ontario [said](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/former-newsmax-host-sean-spicer-backs-nexstar-tegna-deal-opposed-by-newsmax-ceo-chris-ruddy/) it would delay its goal of delivering high-speed internet to every household until 2028, acknowledging fallout from its canceled $100 million contract with **Elon Musk**’s Starlink. [Global News](https://globalnews.ca/news/11504865/ford-government-broadband-internet-deadlined-missed-starlink/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) reported the revised timeline Friday.

The 2024 deal would have brought Starlink’s low-Earth orbit service to about 15,000 homes in northern Ontario. 

The province ended the contract in March, citing “contract chaos,” supply-chain strain, and political tension over new U.S. tariffs.

Premier **Doug Ford** [said](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7626l610o?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) in February that Ontario “won’t do business with people hell-bent on destroying our economy.” The agreement, part of the Ontario Satellite Internet (ONSAT) program, was intended to expand service to remote First Nations and rural communities. 

The province’s [infrastructure agency](https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/what-we-do/projectssearch/satellite-program/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) later said it would reassess satellite options and pursue a mix of fibre, fixed-wireless, and other emerging technologies instead.

Ontario launched its $4-billion broadband plan in 2021, pledging to connect 700,000 unserved or underserved homes. Officials said the revised 2028 timeline maintains that commitment and remains Canada’s largest rural-connectivity initiative.