$16.5 million for better broadband in northern Québec

QUEBEC CITY - The governments of Canada and Québec announced $16.5 million in additional funding for fibre deployment by Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) a not-for-profit telecommunications corporation that provides broadband carrier services for the Cree communities of Eeyou Istchee and municipalities of the James Bay region (the company's region is pictured above). The project will establish a fibre-optic backbone network that will deliver reliable high-speed Internet access to 16 communities, as well as last mile infrastructure using fiber optic technology to reach non-served residential homes in three of these communities in northern Québec and Mauricie. Also, last mile networks will...