MARKHAM – Xplornet Communications announced yesterday it has completed the first phase of its fibre network expansion project in Sundre, Alberta.
The full project will connect over 1,300 homes and businesses in the community to Xplore Fibre.
With the completion of phase one, 127 home and businesses in Sundre can now “benefit from gigabit download and upload speeds on Xplore Fibre service plans with unlimited data,” a press release says, adding Xplore Fibre will become available to more premises in the community throughout the year.
“Xplornet’s fibre network offers those living and working in Sundre, Alberta gigabit speed access to online work, schooling, virtual healthcare and more,” said Allison Lenehan, president and CEO, Xplornet Communications, in the release. “This is part of our ongoing commitment to bring the latest network technologies to rural Canadians so they can connect to what matters, even if they choose to live outside of Canada’s largest cities.”
“This announcement builds on Xplornet’s commitment to invest $500 million by 2025 to deploy state-of-the-art scalable fibre and 5G fixed wireless technology in its facilities-based network to meet the needs of rural Canadians,” says the release. Xplornet also has fibre-to-the-premise projects in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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