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Telus brings wireless to highways near 100 Mile House with $1.8 million investment

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Travellers on highways near 100 Mile House will be able to use their cell phones thanks to a partnership with the province and Telus which has invested $1.8 million to provide new wireless coverage to stretches of highways in the area. The three new wireless sites cover the Lone Butte to Bridge Lake segment of Highway 24 and the Lac la Hache to 141 Mile House stretch of Highway 97. The sites are now live, providing service to more than 50 kilometres of highway as well as homes and businesses in the area. “At Telus,...