K-Net and Canadian Aboriginal communities

The Kuh-Ke-Nah Network (K-Net) is an autonomous telecommunications system that currently comprises over 100 points of presence (PoPs) in Aboriginal communities and related organizations across Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba, Canada. The majority of Aboriginal communities connected by K-Net are in remote high-cost serving areas. K-Net primarily serves Ontario's Nishnawbe Aski Nation, north of the 51st parallel, where 49 First Nations communities (Indian bands, with a total population base of 45000), occupy 210000 square miles of territory, or two-thirds of Ontario, at a population density of approximately 0.2 persons per square mile.