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EastLink swings back with 10 Mbps stick


HALIFAX – A day after eastern telco Aliant announced IP-delivered digital TV, MSO EastLink announced today it is introducing a 10 Megabit per second (Mbps) Internet service to all of its bundle customers. EastLink is the first Maritime provider to launch the 10 Mbps Internet speed across all its service areas, says the release. The company was also the first to launch local telephone over a cable network in Canada and one of the first in North America. "Our new service is twice as fast as our highly popular five megabits per second service, giving customers’ greater download power, convenience...