OTTAWA — Independent ISP Standard Broadband is receiving $1.3 million in funding through the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) rapid response stream to bring high-speed Internet access to 329 underserved households in Zimmerman and surrounding areas north of Burlington, Ont., according to an announcement today from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
“We here at Standard Broadband are all very excited to bring our fibre to the home network to over 300 rural households and businesses in Burlington. Through the Universal Broadband Fund partnership, the community will have access to a network that will not only meet today’s demands but also continue to be scalable as bandwidth requirements grow in the future,” said Tom Williams, president and CEO of Acton, Ont.-based Standard Broadband, in the government’s press release.
Standard Broadband says on its website here construction on the project is set to begin in late July/early August, with project completion expected in November 2021. The total cost of the project is $2.4 million, which includes Standard Broadband’s own investment of $1.1 million, according to the company’s website.
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