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Mindemoya residents will enjoy faster internet speeds now that Eastlink has completed a new fibre network for the Manitoulin Island community.
The project is part of the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund program.
“We’re so pleased with the investment that Eastlink has made in bringing the benefits of a fibre network to the community of Mindemoya,” Central Manitoulin Mayor Richard Stephens said in a news release.
“This significant improvement in connectivity will strengthen our local economy and, as importantly, our ability to retain and attract people who want to live and work here.”
Meanwhile, Eastlink’s expansion of high speed internet to more unserved and underserved communities continues. By its end, the network will span about 2,500 kms of new fibre, costing taxpayers $125 million from Ontario’s Accelerated High Speed Internet Program.
This includes the communities of Greater Sudbury, Bruce and Lambton, as well as Huron where construction is currently underway.
Eastlink said it has spent more than $1 billion on its networks over the past decade to connect thousands of small communities across its Canadian footprint, more than $180 million of which was spent in Northern Ontario.