The Government of Quebec provided RISQ with a $37 million grant in 2000 on the condition that the network expand to cover all post-secondary institutions in the province.

[2] RISQ now operates a high capacity broadband network throughout Quebec using over 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) of fibre-optic cable.

[1] RISQ provides broadband Internet access to its over 150 member institutions which include universities, CEGEPs, teaching hospitals, government departments and agencies, non-profit organizations, and the Mont Mégantic Observatory.

[3] With a very high capacity infrastructure at the forefront of the Internet, its broadband network covers approximately 7,000 kilometers across Quebec.

The rapid growth led the network infrastructure to a saturation point that no longer met the requirements of users.

The grant will allow the organization to modernize its infrastructure, support new applications and accommodate new communities that do not have access to local connectivity services.

The rapid growth of the Internet in Quebec, as was the case on the American territory, quickly posed coordination and information challenges.

To ensure a certain coherence in the development of the Internet, RISQ proposed to create a neutral venue or an information and coordination center, which will become the CIRISQ.

Considered as a true source of information and popularization, the CIC targeted Quebec companies and members from different sectors of society: journalists, engineers, politicians, manufacturers, traders, students, etc.

In June 1998, RISQ left the bosom of Montreal's Computer Research Center to become a full-fledged organization.

A tribute is paid to its founders whose dream has allowed to build a very broadband private telecommunication network intended exclusively for teaching and research.

In 20 years, digital Quebec has made a considerable progress and RISQ is proud to be one of its major contributors.

In 2010, RISQ connects a network of smart cities located in Quebec that have decided to regroup to better share their resources and reduce their operating costs.

Quebec universities, colleges, school boards, research centers, government institutions, hospitals and content providers now benefit from RISQ's services and expertise.

In 2014, RISQ celebrated its 25th anniversary by recalling its role in the history of the Internet in Quebec and revisiting its brand image.

IntraRISQ enables the exchange of IP traffic at unconventional performance levels across the network, thanks to very high capacity links and excessively short transmission times.

To meet the needs of its members and partners, RISQ offers symmetrical broadband Internet access without a strangulation policy differentiated according to the type of traffic or limitation of the monthly volume transmitted, even during peak periods.

The RISQ provides a local loop physical link redundancy service associated with a second access router connected to a separate distribution point.