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Bell Aliant, EastLink fight over Sydney


SYDNEY – Bell Aliant is bringing its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology to Sydney, Nova Scotia.  The news comes a week after rival EastLink announced that Sydney would become its first community within Nova Scotia to go 100% digital. In an announcement on Friday, Bell Aliant said that its FibreOP services and bundles will be available to residential and business customers in Sydney, Sydney River, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Glace Bay and New Waterford as early as this fall."This advanced broadband network is the ultimate in today's Internet and TV experience," said president and CEO Karen Sheriff, in a statement. "We're extremely pleased...