EORN lauds provincial funding to connect Eastern Ontario’s cellular dead zones

BELLEVILLE, ON, - The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus and Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) is applauding $71 million in funding from the Ontario Government to improve cell service in Eastern Ontario, calling mobile broadband “critical to regional growth”. EORN pitched a $213 million plan to the federal and provincial governments last May seeking to improve the reach and quality of cellular data services in the region. According to an engineering study commissioned by EORN, about one quarter of the area where there are homes, businesses or major roads in the region cannot access any cellular services, and, depending on the cell...