Bell boosts Fibe Internet top speed to 1.5 Gbps

MONTREAL – Bell cranked up the top speed of its Gigabit Fibe Internet service Monday, saying that its access speeds of 1.5 Gbps are now the fastest access speed to the home available in Canada.The Montreal-based communications giant says that its new unlimited Fibe 1.5 Gbps service is now available in Ontario with rollouts to Quebec, the Atlantic provinces and Manitoba set to follow.Delivered over Bell's fibre to the premises (FTTP) network and using its Home Hub 3000 modem/router (used by existing Gigabit Fibe customers), the Gigabit Fibe 1.5 plan offers download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps, uploads of...