November 14, 2014 – Picton, Ontario – Infrastructure Canada
Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), Ontario's largest rural broadband network project, is now complete thanks to funding from the governments of Canada and Ontario, the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus Inc., and private sector partners.
Spanning 50,000 square kilometres, EORN serves a region of more than one million people and supplies over 90 per cent of homes and businesses with DSL or fixed wireless internet services of 10 Mbps or higher. In areas that cannot connect with wireless or wired service, a satellite solution provides connectivity at these same speeds.
As a result of this project, people across 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 now have access to the latest in web-based computer applications and information and entertainment resources.
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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Ontario
416-326-3069
Lisa Severson
Eastern Ontario Regional Network
613-213-8520
Infrastructure Canada
613-960-9251
Toll-free 1-877-250-7154
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