Millions more for rural mobile broadband in Eastern Ontario

HASTINGS COUNTY, Ont. – The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) announced today it will be receiving $71 million from the federal government in order to help pay for a project which will help fill gaps in mobile broadband coverage in the region.The cash will come from the Rural and Northern Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Plan. The funding, combined with the provincial government’s equal commitment of $71 million to the project plus $10 million from the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus, “clears the way for a $213 million public-private partnership to improve both the reach and quality of mobile broadband...