QUEBEC CITY – A $19.8-million joint investment from the federal and provincial government as part of Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed will help deliver broadband to more than 1,600 households in the Mauricie region.
The residents there will have access to Cogeco high-speed Internet services by September 2022.
The investments announced will accelerate the deployment of reliable, high-performing infrastructure in the following municipalities:
- Des Chenaux RCM: Batiscan, Champlain, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, Saint-Stanislas.
- Maskinongé RCM: Saint-Boniface, Yamachiche
- Mékinac RCM: Grandes-Piles, Hérouxville, Lac-aux-Sables, Lac-Normand, Saint-Adelphe, Sainte-Thècle, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Saint-Tite, Saint-Séverin, Trois-Rives
- Shawinigan Territory: Shawinigan
“Over the next few months, Cogeco will take an inventory of the targeted regions to ensure that no households will be left without service,” reads the release. The announcement did not indicate Cogeco’s level of investment.
Operation High Speed is a joint initiative of the governments of Canada and Quebec to connect 148,000 households, mostly through new agreements with six of the biggest telecommunications companies (Vidéotron, Cogeco, Bell, Xplornet, Sogetel and Telus) in the province and is aimed at giving Quebec the highest connectivity rate in Canada, at 99%.
“The goal is to reach 100% of households throughout Quebec by September 2022. However, there are still approximately 36,000 households for which no deployment plans have been established. These households are in areas that are particularly difficult to reach and sparsely populated. Technological solutions are currently being considered, and the strategy chosen to reach these households by September 2022 will be announced at a later date,” explains the release.
