Bell, Cogeco getting $71M for high-speed internet in eastern Ontario

OSGOODE – Bell and Cogeco will get a combined $71 million from the federal and provincial governments to provide high-speed internet access to more than 22,000 homes in 74 rural communities across eastern Ontario, according to a press release Thursday. Bell will be tasked with tackling roughly 82 communities, while Cogeco will address access in three. The funding will come, in part, from a joint partnership between Ontario and Innovation Canada’s Universal Broadband Fund. Cogeco will be tasked to provide access to the communities of Battersea, Inverary, and Marysville. Meanwhile, Bell will provide access to the following communities: Algonquin, Athens,...