- Hub staff

"Bell today announced the expansion of pure fibre Internet service to homes and businesses in Owen Sound. Part of Bell’s capital expenditure acceleration program for investment in national next-generation network infrastructure, the expansion program will bring all-fibre broadband access to approximately 10,000 additional locations in Owen Sound by 2023.

This broadband expansion program will provide fast and high-capacity 100% fibre connections with Internet download speeds of up to 3 Gbps and access to Bell services such as Fibe TV. By the end of this year, Bell will have invested approximately $14 billion in capital expenditures since 2020, including planned capital expenditures of approximately $5 billion in 2022, to accelerate the rollout of its broadband fibre, 5G and rural networks."

The federal and provincial governments have been supporting high-speed internet expansion in Grey-Bruce for well over a decade.  We removed the "fiully funded by Bell" line from this media release - you have contributed towards this project through your taxes, and every internet customer  whose provider uses this system will be paying for this through their user fees.

source: media release