Quebec injects over $150 million to speed up rural broadband

MAGOG, Que. – The Québec government said today it will help fund 66 projects selected from its “Régions branchées" call for broadband expansion announced in October 2019. The new builds will provide broadband Internet at a comparable price to those offered in urban areas to more than 60,000 households. Please click here to see the list of projects. The selected projects are located in 11 regions of Quebec, namely those of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale, Mauricie, Estrie, Outaouais, Chaudière-Appalaches, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Montérégie and Center-du-Québec. The government contribution to the projects, which will be carried out by Cogeco, Bell, Videotron,...