Rogers starts construction in Oxford County

OXFORD COUNTY, Ont. – Rogers Communications started construction on a project to bring high-speed Internet to 484 homes, farms and businesses in the communities of Drumbo and Gobles in Oxford County by April 2022, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today. This broadband project, previously announced in October 2020, is valued at $1.5 million and is being funded in part by the Governments of Canada and Ontario, which have committed up to $349,000 each. The contracts were awarded to Rogers by SWIFT. The “project will service 15 kilometres of roadway with fibre-optic cabling to provide more homes and businesses within...