WATERLOO REGION — Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) and the governments of Ontario and Canada announced today construction has been completed on three broadband infrastructure projects that are now providing high-speed Internet access to 470 homes and businesses in the Region of Waterloo in Ontario.
Bell Canada has completed construction of a 15-kilometre fibre network in the Township of North Dumfries providing access to high-speed Internet service for 254 homes and businesses in the communities of Orr’s Lake and Clyde, according to a SWIFT press release.
The governments of Ontario and Canada each provided more than $430,000 in funding through SWIFT to support this project, an Ontario government press release says.
Rogers Communications has finished construction of a seven-kilometre fibre-to-the-home network in the Townships of Wilmot and North Dumfries to bring high-speed Internet access to 124 homes and businesses in the community of Haysville and east of Ayr, according to SWIFT’s release.
The provincial and federal governments each contributed more than $137,000 in funding toward this project, according to SWIFT’s approved projects webpage.
EH!tel Networks completed construction of a 14-kilometre broadband network in the Township of Woolwich and is now providing high-speed Internet access to 92 homes and businesses in the communities of Weissenburg and Maryhill, SWIFT’s release says.
For this project, the governments of Ontario and Canada each provided more than $292,000 in funding through SWIFT.
“SWIFT continues to make steady progress in the expansion of broadband service throughout the Region of Waterloo,” said Barry Field, executive director of SWIFT, in the release.
“With three out of five awarded SWIFT projects now complete, the newly establish high-speed fibre-optic broadband infrastructure will play a critical role in supporting the connectivity needs of many more communities across the Region, both today and well into the future.”
The two remaining SWIFT-funded projects in Waterloo Region are being done by North Frontenac Telephone Corporation (NFTC) and are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, according to SWIFT’s approved projects webpage.
The first, which will bring high-speed Internet access to 189 homes and businesses, is expected to be finished by early November. The second project, bringing broadband access to 680 premises, has a target completion date of Dec. 31, 2022.
All five projects in Waterloo Region were awarded by SWIFT in December 2020.
For more, please click here for SWIFT’s press release and here for the Ontario government’s release.
