CHIBOUGAMAU, QC – The Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) has officially begun the second phase of its regional fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project, connecting the Jamesian communities of Matagami, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Chapais and Chibougamau in northern Quebec with modern residential telecommunications services, including ultra high-speed internet.
A not-for-profit corporation founded in 2004, the Eeyou Communications Network was established to provide modern telecommunications services and to develop the social economy within the 14 communities of Eeyou Istchee and James Bay for the benefit of the population, institutions and local businesses. ECN last month wrapped up the first phase of its FTTH project which connected over 4,000 homes in eight remote communities.
ECN said that this phase aims to reach more than 10,000 homes in the James-Bay and Eeyou-Istchee territories with triple play services, including high speed Internet, TV and home phone services, at rates “comparable to Québec City and Montréal.”
"The Eeyou Communications Network is a regional organization and the next logical step after our first FTTH project was naturally to connect the Jamesian communities" said ECN president Alfred Loon, in the news release. "ECN has demonstrated that it is able to deliver the goods, with modern telecommunications services, including Internet service that is unparalleled in Quebec".
"Modern telecommunications services are essential regional economic and social development tools and we are very excited to support this initiative that will transform the region" (translated), added René Dubé, president of the Administration régionale Baie-James and mayor of Matagami.
