Cable / Telecom News

Cogeco to disconnect some cottage country villages


BALA, Ont. – According to a report in a local news outlet in Muskoka, Cogeco Connexion is cancelling its TV services in and around Bala, Ont. as of June 5, 2018.Customers there and in seven other surrounding villages have been notified by the company that it is pulling out of the region – one which it provides only an analog cable TV service to about 120 subscribers.Bala is about 25 kilometres northwest of Gravenhurst, Ont.A company spokesperson told Cartt.ca that this is a business decision where it made more sense to leave the region than rebuild its aged plant there....