Quebec's Estrie region gets broadband funding from feds

COATICOOK, QC – All 12 municipalities in Quebec’s Coaticook Regional County Municipality in southeastern Quebec will soon have additional access to high-speed Internet through a $3.4 million investment from Federal Government’s rural broadband program Connect to Innovate.The Government of Quebec is investing an additional $5.6 million under the Québec branché program, while TACTIC, the project's proponent, is contributing $5.1 million, bringing the total investment to more than $14 million. A new company has been created by the municipality to handle the construction and installs.In addition to providing high-speed Internet services, the new company, Fibrile Telecom, "will offer phone and TV...