A new project is bringing high-performance broadband to the Shelter Valley Road region of Alnwick-Haldimand Township.
The Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks’ Rural Ontario Residential Broadband program is making the project possible.
The goal is to extend reliable internet access services to areas with narrow, deep and heavily-treed valleys.
Funding from the CENGN program will cover the installation of over 16 kilometres of Algonquin FIbre, connecting 150 homes to better internet.
This installation will provide 100 Mbps down/100 Mbps up access to residents on Shelter Valley Road, Vernonville Road and east along Dudley Road to Purdy Corners.
This project promises several benefits, including:
• Small fibre count to reduce capital costs for rural applications.
• Lower installation cost through the use of small ducts which support blowing fibre instead of pulling the fibre.
• Future-proof high-capacity internet access services.
• Symmetrical 50/50 and 100/100 Mbps services for residents
• Fast network deployment timeframe, with service rollout starting in the summer of 2021 and full service beginning in the fall of 2021.
The federal and provincial governments, municipalities and private investors are working together to deliver broadband connectivity to underserved and unserved communities.
