GATINEAU – Thanks to a joint investment of $86.77 million as part of Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed, more than 10,640 households in the Outaouais region (north of Gatineau) will have access to Bell high-speed Internet services by September 2022.
The investment announced will accelerate the deployment of reliable, high-performing infrastructure in the following municipalities:
- Gatineau
- La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM
- Blue Sea
- Bouchette
- Cascades-Malignes
- Denholm
- Grand-Remous
- Kazabazua
- Lac-Sainte-Marie
- Low
- Messines
- Montcerf-Lytton
- Les Collines-de-l’Outaouais RCM:
- Cantley
- Chelsea
- L’Ange-Gardien
- La Pêche
- Pontiac
- Val-des-Monts
- Papineau RCM:
- Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
- Mayo
- Mulgrave-et-Derry
- Saint-André-Avellin
- Saint-Sixte
- Thurso
- Pontiac RCM:
- Alleyn-et-Cawood
- Chichester
- L’Isle-aux-Allumettes
- Sheenboro
- Waltham
Over the next few weeks, Bell will take an inventory of the target areas to ensure that no household will be left without service, said the government’s press release.
Bell will connect an additional 3,000 households in the Outaouais region as part of the program. Its level of investment was not announced. Newly connected households will have access to Bell’s Fibe Internet.
Operation High Speed is a joint initiative of the governments of Canada and Quebec to connect 148,000 households, particularly through unprecedented agreements with six of the biggest telecommunications companies.
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