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Ontario’s Renfrew area next to benefit from high-speed Internet

OTTAWA – Five communities in rural eastern Ontario are the latest to benefit from high-speed Internet as part of the federal government’s Connecting Canadians program.New Innovation, Science and Economic Development minister Navdeep Bains said Monday that local ISP goZoom.ca will receive up to $172,000 to increase broadband Internet access in approximately 1,000 households in select Renfrew-area communities.The communities include the townships of Bonnechere Valley, Admaston/Bromley, North Algona Wilberforce and Greater Madawaska.  The broadband infrastructure projects are expected to be completed by mid-2016, delivering Internet download speeds of 5 Mbps."Access to higher speed Internet can help unlock the tremendous potential of our country's rural...