April 22, 2014 – Kemptville, Ontario – Infrastructure Canada
Residents and businesses in Ottawa Valley South are celebrating the news today that improved access to wireless high-speed Internet service is now available in their area. The reach and speed of existing wireless and DSL networks have been expanded to reach more households and provide download speeds of at least 10 megabits per second through a new fibre optic cable network, with new or improved access points made possible through the Eastern Ontario Regional Network project.
Thanks to a joint investment from Canada, Ontario, the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus Inc., and private sector partners, 40,000 homes and businesses have improved Internet access across the area, which includes parts of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and Lanark County. The improved services will enable the use of the latest web-based applications, information and entertainment resources. This is one of 15 areas across Eastern Ontario to receive high-speed Internet access through Ontario's largest rural broadband network project.
Once the entire project is complete, it will improve high-speed access throughout the nearly 50,000 square kilometres of Eastern Ontario, a region encompassing the counties of Hastings, Peterborough, Renfrew, Northumberland, Haliburton, Frontenac, Lanark, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington, the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, as well as the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Vincent Rabault
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
613-943-1838
Bryan Bossin
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Rural Affairs of Ontario
416-326-3072
Lisa Severson
Eastern Ontario Regional Network
613-213-8520
Norma Hughes
Bell Aliant
877-647-3443
Michelle Katz
Storm Internet
613-567-6585, ext. 239
Infrastructure Canada
613-960-9251
Toll-free 1-877-250-7154
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