Bell announced today that they will begin rolling out “Gigabit Fibe” in the city of Toronto. When complete, it will give up to 1.1 million homes this sort of speed:
As with all other gigabit services, like the Google Fiber project in some US cities, service will initially be available at a maximum 940 Megabits per second and rise to a full 1000 Megabits per second or faster in 2016 as modem equipment suppliers catch up to gigabit speeds. To learn more about Gigabit Fibe, please visit Bell.ca/Fibe.
Other cities will be getting the Gigabit love from Bell shortly. Cties in Ontario, Québec and the Atlantic provinces may get it as soon as this summer. One thing that Bell is pointing out is that no public money is being used:
Fully funded by Bell, Gigabit Fibe in Toronto is supported by the company’s single largest infrastructure buildout. Bell’s long-term agreements with Toronto Hydro to share utility poles across the city are accelerating the Gigabit Fibe project’s efficiency and speeding up deployment. When the project is complete, Bell teams will have upgraded 27 Bell Central Office facilities across the city and installed over 9,000 kilometres of new fibre, both underground via more than 10,000 manholes and on approximately 80,000 Bell and Toronto Hydro poles around the city. Approximately 70% of the network will be aerial and 30% underground.
On top of that, Bell is going to make sure that this access is available to all:
As part of its ongoing support for the United Way Toronto Community Hub initiative, Bell will contribute Gigabit Fibe service to each the charity’s city-wide Community Hubs initiative, including Access Point on the Danforth, Bathurst-Finch, Dorset Park, Jane Street, Mid-Scarborough, Rexdale Community Hub, Victoria Park Hub, and the planned Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre serving the Steeles L’Amoreaux community.
United Way Community Hubs are focused on building healthy neighbourhoods, and currently host more than 50 community organizations. The Hubs bring together targeted health and social services with essential mixed-use community space under one roof.
With this announcement, I’m fully expecting Rogers to respond to this in some way shape or form. We’ll see if I’m right on that front.
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Bell Announces “Gigabit Fibe” Is Coming To Toronto
Bell announced today that they will begin rolling out “Gigabit Fibe” in the city of Toronto. When complete, it will give up to 1.1 million homes this sort of speed:
As with all other gigabit services, like the Google Fiber project in some US cities, service will initially be available at a maximum 940 Megabits per second and rise to a full 1000 Megabits per second or faster in 2016 as modem equipment suppliers catch up to gigabit speeds. To learn more about Gigabit Fibe, please visit Bell.ca/Fibe.
Other cities will be getting the Gigabit love from Bell shortly. Cties in Ontario, Québec and the Atlantic provinces may get it as soon as this summer. One thing that Bell is pointing out is that no public money is being used:
Fully funded by Bell, Gigabit Fibe in Toronto is supported by the company’s single largest infrastructure buildout. Bell’s long-term agreements with Toronto Hydro to share utility poles across the city are accelerating the Gigabit Fibe project’s efficiency and speeding up deployment. When the project is complete, Bell teams will have upgraded 27 Bell Central Office facilities across the city and installed over 9,000 kilometres of new fibre, both underground via more than 10,000 manholes and on approximately 80,000 Bell and Toronto Hydro poles around the city. Approximately 70% of the network will be aerial and 30% underground.
On top of that, Bell is going to make sure that this access is available to all:
As part of its ongoing support for the United Way Toronto Community Hub initiative, Bell will contribute Gigabit Fibe service to each the charity’s city-wide Community Hubs initiative, including Access Point on the Danforth, Bathurst-Finch, Dorset Park, Jane Street, Mid-Scarborough, Rexdale Community Hub, Victoria Park Hub, and the planned Bridletowne Neighbourhood Centre serving the Steeles L’Amoreaux community.
United Way Community Hubs are focused on building healthy neighbourhoods, and currently host more than 50 community organizations. The Hubs bring together targeted health and social services with essential mixed-use community space under one roof.
With this announcement, I’m fully expecting Rogers to respond to this in some way shape or form. We’ll see if I’m right on that front.
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