OSHAWA, ON – Bell brought its all-fibre optic network to Oshawa on Tuesday as it continues to expand the network across the GTA/905 region surrounding Toronto and extending to the U.S. border.
The company said that its $100 million plus investment will connect the all-fibre optic network directly to approximately 60,000 homes and business locations, accelerating Oshawa's Smart City innovation.
"A city widely recognized for its innovative economic development initiatives, Oshawa understands the essential role advanced communications networks play in driving growth and innovation in urban centres that are evolving for the future," said BCE Inc. and Bell Canada president and CEO George Cope, in the news release. "We appreciate the support and cooperation of the city and all our partners in ensuring Bell can rapidly deploy the world's most advanced broadband network technologies throughout the City of Oshawa."
Bell said that its fibre to the premises (FTTP) service delivers Internet access speeds of up to 1 Gbps with symmetrical upload and downloads, and will ultimately deliver speeds of 40 Gbps and beyond.
The deployment will include more than 240 kilometres of new fibre installed underground and on several hundred Bell and Oshawa Power & Utilities Commission poles. Residents and businesses in the city are expected to have access to all-fibre connections beginning this fall.
At more than 240,000 total kilometres, Bell's fibre optic network spans the four Atlantic provinces as well as Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. Bell said that it now serves more than 9.2 million homes and business locations with fibre to the neighbourhood, and over 3.7 million locations with FTTP connections – a total expected to grow to 4.5 million by the end of this year.
Bell all-fibre cities now include St. John's, Gander, Summerside, Charlottetown, Halifax, Sydney, Moncton and Fredericton in Atlantic Canada; Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Saint-Jérôme and Gatineau in Quebec; Cornwall, Kingston, Toronto, North Bay and Sudbury in Ontario; and Steinbach and The Pas in Manitoba.
