Ontario, feds provide over $3.1M toward Xplore broadband project in Brant County

BRANT COUNTY, Ont. – The governments of Canada and Ontario announced last Friday they are providing more than $3.1 million in combined funding for a now-completed broadband project in Brant County, as part of Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc.’s (SWIFT) initiative to bring high-speed internet access to underserved homes and businesses in Southwestern Ontario. The project, providing high-speed broadband access to 1,639 households and businesses in Brant County, was completed earlier this year by Xplore, which was awarded the contract for the $9.4-million project in January 2021 by SWIFT. Xplore started construction in March 2022 on the broadband infrastructure, comprised of 127 kilometres of fibre cabling...