Operation High Speed: Bell sounds alarm over completion deadline

MONTREAL — Bell today expressed concerns about the ability of many Internet service providers (ISPs) involved in the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed initiative to meet the project’s September 30, 2022 completion deadline. Just days before the March 22 announcement of the Operation High Speed initiative by the federal and Quebec governments, Bell announced it was implementing a plan to help accelerate the process for ISPs to access Bell infrastructure such as poles and other communications support structures. “While most of the ISPs involved are taking the project process seriously and have accelerated their infrastructure access requests, many are facing significant challenges...