BÉCANCOUR AND SAINT-HONORÉ, QC – Residents and businesses in 26 Quebec communities are next in line to receive improved high-speed Internet thanks to a joint federal-provincial investment.
Five projects in the Centre-du-Québec region were selected under the Québec Branché program (French web page). These projects represent a total investment of $18,369,850, of which the Government of Quebec is contributing $5,645,909 and the Government of Canada is contributing $2,146,293.
Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Bell Canada, Sogetel and Cogeco Connexion will receive the funding to provide broadband Internet services to 8,791 homes in 16 communities in Centre-du-Québec. Details are available here.
In a separate announcement, 3,658 households in 10 communities in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region will also receive improved access to broadband Internet services thanks to an investment of $6,125,972 that will be shared equally between the provincial and federal government.
The seven projects will be carried out by Bell Canada and the Municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau. Click here for more details on these projects.
