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Cogeco Connexion to bring high-speed Internet to Marentette Beach by end of the year

ESSEX COUNTY, Ont. – Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today an additional 484 underserved homes and businesses in Marentette Beach in Essex County will soon have access to fast reliable Internet. “Through the SWIFT initiative, Cogeco Connexion was awarded funding to service rural areas southeast of Leamington and north of Point Pelee National Park,” a SWIFT press release explains. “The network’s main fibre route will run along parts of Point Pelee Drive, Mersea Road 12, Mersea Roads B, D and E, Marentette Beach and E Beach Road.” Construction on the network began earlier this year and is expected to...