Eastlink provides more details about government-funded project in Ontario

SUDBURY, Ont. — Eastlink, owned by Halifax-based Bragg Communications Inc., today provided more details about its Ontario government-funded broadband project announced last week. A total investment of $125 million will bring high-speed Internet to almost 10,000 homes and businesses in the Ontario communities of Huron, Bruce and Lambton as well as the Greater Sudbury area, Eastlink says in a press release. “This is part of the Government of Ontario’s Accelerated High Speed Internet Program (AHSIP), which is contributing $69M towards the total investment,” explains Eastlink’s press release. A backgrounder that accompanied the Ontario government’s announcement last week said the $69...