Tips: Many groups suggest who should provide broadband. Decide which plan the speaker personally supports.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Broadband is essential, so government should pay telecom firms to finish the job.: Paying private firms through subsidies is the industry's position. The speaker says the market alone will not solve the problem.
• Broadband is essential, so towns should build their own networks, as Olds did.: The speaker praises community networks but notes that not every town has the skills and money. The speaker still gives government the main role.
• Broadband is essential, so the federal fund should simply be made much larger.: The speaker never asks for a bigger fund. The fund comes up only in the critics' complaint about slow progress.

Correct Answer: That poor rural internet pushed students to look for Wi-Fi somewhere else.

Why this is correct: Dr. Flett found students who drove to town parking lots to get Wi-Fi for homework. This shows how weak rural internet affected their studies.

Tips: Several examples of harm come up close together. Match each one to the person or group who gives it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• That rural patients could not reach the online health services they needed.: Telehealth is a separate point about healthcare. Dr. Flett is an education researcher who studied students.
• That rural students got faster service once their towns built networks.: Faster service from local networks comes from the Olds example. Dr. Flett describes students who had no good connection.
• That funded projects reached rural students much more slowly than planned.: Slow projects are the critics' complaint about the federal fund. Dr. Flett's research is about students during the pandemic.

Correct Answer: Each rural home costs far more to connect than a home in a city.

Why this is correct: The companies say laying cable to scattered homes costs much more per household. A rural home can cost up to $15,000, compared with about $500 in a city.

Tips: Keep the companies' reasons apart from the complaints of other groups in the report.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Most rural households already have a connection that is good enough.: The report says about 1.7 million rural households still lack reliable broadband. The companies do not deny this.
• Federal projects in rural areas take too long to be completed.: Slow projects are the critics' complaint about the federal fund. The companies talk about the cost of each connection.
• Rural communities lack the upfront money to share the building costs.: Upfront capital comes up with community-owned networks. The companies talk about their own costs, not communities' money.

Correct Answer: Towns can run their own networks well, given the skills and money.

Why this is correct: Olds built its own fibre network and offers gigabit speeds at competitive prices. The report adds that such efforts need local expertise and upfront capital.

Tips: Listen for who built the network, and what the report says such projects need.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Towns can run their own networks well, without much money up front.: The report says the opposite. These community efforts need significant local expertise and upfront capital.
• Towns can get gigabit speeds once the federal fund pays for them.: Olds built its own network in 2012. The report does not link it to the federal fund.
• Private firms can serve small towns well at competitive prices.: The Olds network is owned by the town, not a private firm. It is a model for community-owned broadband.

Correct Answer: Approving: such networks have shown they work and need more help.

Why this is correct: The speaker says community-led models deserve more federal support. The speaker calls them effective and sustainable in Canada.

Tips: Listen to the words the speaker uses to describe these networks. Decide how strong the feeling is.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Doubtful: such networks only suit towns that have money to spare.: The report says not every town has the money. Still, the speaker praises these networks and wants more support for them.
• Neutral: such networks are just one option, neither good nor bad.: The speaker is not neutral. The speaker calls these models effective and sustainable.
• Excited: such networks could replace the role of government.: The speaker says government has a responsibility to deliver broadband. Community networks are support, not a replacement.

Correct Answer: More than half of its funded projects were still unfinished.

Why this is correct: Critics say fewer than 40 percent of funded projects were completed by early 2026. So more than half were still not finished.

Tips: When you hear a share, think about what it tells you about the part that is left.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The fund has committed less than three billion dollars so far.: The fund has committed $3.2 billion. The critics complain about slow progress, not a small amount of money.
• The fund has paid for fewer than forty projects so far.: Forty is a percentage, not a number of projects. The report never says how many projects the fund backed.
• Most rural households now have reliable broadband.: About 1.7 million rural households still lack reliable broadband. The critics say the rollout is slow, so the gap remains.