Bell Aliant, Xplornet, Nexicom partner on Eastern Ontario broadband project

KAWARTHA LAKES, ON - Bell Aliant, Xplornet Communications and regional telco Nexicom will team up on a local access contract to provide more than 70,000 homes and businesses in northeastern Ontario with improved access to high-speed Internet. The 6,100 square-kilometre area, which includes portions of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough County, and Northumberland County, is the eighth of several contracts to be awarded as part of the $170 million Eastern Ontario regional broadband project. Bell Aliant will provide wired or DSL service to more densely populated areas, primarily around the lakes in both Peterborough County and the City of Kawartha Lakes,...