The above photo is from a good article that explains more about the development of the internet in the North

Internet or Internot?

http://www.upherebusiness.ca/node/352

What are sun transits?

Sun transits occur when the sun crosses the earth's equatorial plane during the spring and fall equinoxes (late February or early March; September or October). At these times, the sun aligns directly behind the satellites for a few minutes each day. When the sun moves directly behind the satellite, the satellite signal can be overwhelmed by the enormous amount of thermally generated radio frequency (RF) noise radiated by the sun. This can cause reception interference for a few minutes every day during this occurrence.

What does the really mean?

Between Feb 21 and Mar 7 there will be increasing degradation and interruptions of Qiniq internet service reaching a maximum duration of approximately 15 minutes.  Each community will be affected twice a day, in the early afternoon.  Once as the sun transits the community, and once as the sun transits our hub site in Ottawa.  If you require specific details for your community, you can calculate that here:

https://support.telesat.ca/SunTransit/

Select "Anik F2" as the satellite.
When you select your community from the list, it will fill in the latitude and longitude for you.
"2011" and "Spring" should be selected as defaults for the year and season, respectively.
The frequency band is "C"
The Antenna Diameter is "4.5"
And the default system temperature of "100" should suffice.
Finally, clicking on the calculate button will deliver a popup with the details with all times listed in GMT.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local customer service representative who will be happy to assist you.