Standard Broadband getting $1.6 million in UBF money to connect 324 Halton homes

HALTON REGION — Funded through the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund rapid response stream, a new project to bring high-speed Internet to 324 underserved homes in Ontario’s Halton region was announced today. The ISP undertaking the project, Acton, Ont.-based Standard Broadband, is receiving $1.6 million in federal funding to deliver high-speed broadband service to rural residents of Haltonville and Moffat. Standard Broadband’s contribution and a total value for the project were not announced in the government’s press release. “We are all very excited here at Standard Broadband to expand our fibre to the home network to over 300 rural households...