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OmniGlobe completes Manitoulin Island broadband network


MANITOULIN ISLAND, ON - OmniGlobe Networks has brought broadband access to the unserved and underserviced communities across Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario.The broadband network, which is now fully operational, is designed to allow ‘open access’ service, enabling local Internet service providers to offer the service to their existing customers, and customers a choice of  providers.With an aim of enhancing the existing infrastructure and providing access to more than 80% of the District of Manitoulin Island, OmniGlobe said that the nine-tower build has extended broadband coverage from Meldrum Bay to Wikwemikong. Communities located around Barrie Island, Evansville, Gore Bay, Kagawong, Manitowaning,...