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Ontario investing $34M in broadband through SWIFT

The Ontario government announced Monday an investment of $34 million to bring high-speed internet to 3,000 homes and businesses in 14 communities and four First Nation communities across southwestern Ontario. The money will pass through the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) project. Recipients of the funding include Cogeco, which will cover Chatham-Kent, Essex County, Lambton County, the Township of Walpole, and Wellington County, and TekSavvy, which will cover its hometown Chatham-Kent and Delaware Nation at Moraviantown. Other recipients include Execulink, which will cover Elgin County, Lambton County, Middlesex County, Oneida First Nation, and Oxford County; Beyond Air and BrookeTel, which...