Mascon expanding network, boosting speeds, with FTTH

SALMON ARM, B.C. – Independent cableco Mascon last week announced it is expanding its North Shuswap B.C. fiber network to provide high speed internet, television and telephone services to Lee Creek this fall and St. Ives by summer of 2016.Both of these areas will be new fibre-to-the-home projects and will deliver internet speeds up to 100 Mbps, says the company."Once complete, all of the residents living in the North Shuswap will have access to latest internet technology and 100% digital TV and phone. Mascon has always invested heavily in fiber optics, all of our current systems are HFC (hybrid fibre/coax),...