HAMILTON and ST. JOHN’S — Bell Canada announced today the expansion of pure-fibre Internet service to homes and businesses in Hamilton, Ont., and five rural communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
These expansion projects are part of Bell’s accelerated capital investment in national network infrastructure, announced earlier this year. The Hamilton announcement is also part of a $400-million investment Bell announced in January 2020 to bring direct-fibre network connections to more than 200,000 homes and business locations throughout the city.
Bell says it “has now reached more than 75,000 Hamilton locations with all-fibre broadband access” and the expansion program “will bring direct-fibre network connections to an additional 15,000 locations by the end of 2021, including in the communities of Ancaster, Dundas and Mount Hope,” according to a press release.
In addition, Bell’s pure-fibre Internet service has been expanded in the communities of Botwood, Burin and Marystown in Newfoundland, and North West River and Sheshatshiu in Labrador, a second press release says. This expansion program “will bring all-fibre broadband access to approximately 7,000 rural locations in Newfoundland and Labrador by the end of 2021.”
Fully funded by Bell, these broadband expansion projects will provide residents and businesses with access to pure-fibre connections with Internet download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps, Bell says.
The company’s capital acceleration program “is in addition to the approximately $4 billion in capital Bell typically invests in broadband network infrastructure and expansion each year, and will significantly increase the connections in localities across Canada while creating additional employment as network construction activity speeds up.”
