Redcliff

Population 5,581 (2021 Census)

Reading the map

Fibre route
Alberta SuperNet fibre (province's 2005/06 map)
Internet exchange
Idea under research
Local fibre network
Infrastructure

How sure we are

documented
reported
inferred

Wired service by road (government data)Fixed wireless service by road (government data)Best of wired and fixed wireless, by road (government data)

50/10 Mbps
25/5 Mbps
10/2 Mbps
5/1 Mbps
No wired service reportedNo fixed wireless reportedNo wired or fixed wireless reported

Where fibre or cable is reported (government data)Where fixed wireless is reported (government data)Government's 50/10 claim (any technology)

Fixed wireless reported
No fixed wireless reported

Over 75% of households at 50/10
50 to 75%
25 to 50%
Up to 25%
None

Fibre to the home reported
Cable reported, no fibre
No fibre or cable reported

Best measured speed (Speedtest)

Download 500 Mbps or more
Download 100–500 Mbps
Download 50–100 Mbps
Download under 50 Mbps

Upload 300 Mbps or more
Upload 100–300 Mbps
Upload 30–100 Mbps
Upload under 30 Mbps

Wireless-like results only
Faint: one or two devices

Speeds by provider

Too few M-Lab tests from Redcliff in 2025 (104) to split by provider.

Satellite, across Alberta in 2025: Starlink typically 75 down and 7.1 up, fastest tenth 200 / 14; Xplore typically 30 down and 2.8 up, fastest tenth 72 / 12.

Source: The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-30, queried 2026-10-22, CC0. How to read this.

What the government map says

The 338 km of road in and around Redcliff, by the best wired speed providers report along it (download/upload, Mbps).

Best wired speed reported	Share of roads
50/10 Mbps	49%
25/5 Mbps	under 1%
10/2 Mbps	0%
5/1 Mbps	1%
No wired service reported	50%

Source: National Broadband Data, ISED, retrieved 2026-10-17. How to read this.

Who can get gigabit

Fibre and cable can deliver 1 Gbps. Of the 12 government-data hexagons with 5 or more households in and around Redcliff, by what providers report in them:

Reported in the hexagon	Hexagons
Fibre to the home reported	5
Cable reported, no fibre	2
No fibre or cable reported	5

Fibre to the home reported by Shaw and Telus. Cable reported by Rogers and Shaw. (Names as ISED lists them; Rogers bought Shaw in 2023.)

Across southern Alberta, 911 of the 1,102 populated hexagons the government map counts at 50/10 have no fibre or cable reported at all (83%).

Reach, not how many homes can order gigabit. Source: National Broadband Data, ISED (providers by hexagon), retrieved 2026-10-17. How to read this.

Measured speeds

The best wired-like Speedtest result each ~390 m square in and around Redcliff has reached, up to 2026 (Jan–Sep) (338 squares tested). Share of squares by best download:

Best download	Share of squares
500 Mbps or more	20%
100–500 Mbps	28%
50–100 Mbps	5%
Under 50 Mbps	14%
Only wireless-like results	32%

Share of squares tested so far whose best reached 100 Mbps; fast upload is a good sign of fibre. The slider under the map shows the same years.

Year	Squares	100+ down	100+ up
2019	206	37%	1%
2020	234	41%	2%
2021	267	42%	5%
2022	292	42%	11%
2023	308	44%	17%
2024	314	45%	25%
2025	321	47%	31%
2026 (Jan–Sep)	338	49%	33%

Source: Speedtest® by Ookla®, 2019 to 2026 (Jan–Sep), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; full credit under Sources. How to read this.

What's actually in the ground

This section uses public and provider-reported data and hasn't been independently verified yet.

Redcliff sits on Medicine Hat’s doorstep, and its wired internet comes from the same two owners: TELUS on the phone side and Rogers on the cable side, the network Rogers took over from Shaw. Being next to a bigger city usually means the same network, extended.

The government figures above split roughly down the middle: about half the roads in our box report 50/10 or better, and about half report none. The box takes in farmland and highway; inside town the picture is likely better, but the official data can’t say which streets.

According to Topicks, which maps CRTC network-owner filings, TELUS fibre to the home reaches half of its Redcliff zones and cable reaches all of them (Topicks). Those are zone counts, not addresses.

VMedia advertises DSL, cable and fibre-to-the-node plans in the area (VMedia); fibre to the node ends in copper (the difference).

In 2017 Axia presented its “FibreTown” model to town council: Axia builds open fibre to homes and businesses if enough residents sign up, with 30% interest as the trigger, the Bow Island Commentator reports (Bow Island Commentator). The report records no decision, and we’ve found nothing public saying it went ahead.

In our view the opportunity is the neighbour: a network built for Medicine Hat should be planned to reach Redcliff.

Providers

Who rides on whose lines, among the providers listed for Redcliff that we profile. A faded line is our inference: the provider doesn't name the network owner, and we read it from the CRTC's wholesale rules. Illustration Sources: VMedia in Redcliff (vmedia.ca); Who resells whom, profiles and sources

Incumbent telephone company

TELUS The incumbent phone company. Topicks, working from CRTC network-owner filings, lists TELUS DSL across the town and fibre to the home in part of it. Source: topicks.ca

Cable company

Rogers (formerly Shaw) The cable network, Shaw's until Rogers bought it in 2023. Topicks lists coaxial cable across all of its Redcliff zones. Source: topicks.ca

Resellers (renting someone else's lines)

VMedia Advertises DSL, cable and fibre-to-the-node plans in the Redcliff area. Resellers like VMedia rent the incumbents' lines. Source: vmedia.ca

Fixed wireless

Xplore Listed by Topicks for fixed wireless and satellite. Source: topicks.ca
Mascon Listed by Topicks as a fixed-wireless network owner. Source: topicks.ca

Infrastructure and exchanges

Alberta SuperNet fibre, built with public money for public buildings, reaches Redcliff. It was never built to reach homes (what SuperNet is).

Calgary to Brooks to Medicine Hat fibreroutedocumentedapproximate path

Bell's network map shows a major Bell fibre route between Calgary and Medicine Hat. The Alberta SuperNet map (Service Alberta, 2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report) shows fibre on the same corridor through Brooks, along the Trans-Canada (Highway 1). In our view TELUS and Rogers (formerly Shaw) may have their own fibre here too. Drawn along the highway; the real path is not known.

Owner: Bell Canada. Source: wholesale.bell.ca, checked 2026-10-19.
Medicine Hat to Swift Current to Regina fibreroutedocumentedapproximate path

Bell's network map shows a major Bell fibre route east from Medicine Hat to Regina, and on to Winnipeg. In our view it runs through Swift Current along the Trans-Canada (Highway 1). Drawn along the highway; the real path is not known.

Owner: Bell Canada. Source: wholesale.bell.ca, checked 2026-10-19.
Alberta SuperNet base network fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path

The SuperNet's base network, fibre linking 27 larger centres, including Calgary, Brooks, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Bell built and owns it. SuperNet carries traffic for public buildings; it was never fibre to homes. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); some paths have changed since.

Owner: Bell Canada. Source: wiki.cybera.ca, checked 2026-10-19.
Alberta SuperNet extended area fibreSuperNet fibrereportedapproximate path

The SuperNet's extended area network, fibre to about 400 smaller communities, which the province paid $193 million to build. Bell has run all of SuperNet since 2018. It reaches the Montana border at Coutts. Traced from Service Alberta's SuperNet map (2005/06, in Cybera's 2021 report); wireless links are left out, and some paths have changed since.

Owner: Alberta SuperNet (Bell). Source: wiki.cybera.ca, checked 2026-10-19.

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