Mr. Bruce Furlong reports

BELL'S ALL-FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK EXPANDING TO CLARINGTON

BCE Inc.'s Bell has rolled out the world's best Internet technology to more than 28,000 Clarington residences and businesses as Bell begins deployment of its all-fibre broadband network throughout the growing Durham Region centre.

Fully financed by Bell, the Clarington broadband network expansion is part of the communications company's fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network expansion to more than 1.3 million homes and business locations in the Greater Toronto Area/905 region surrounding Toronto.

"The Municipality of Clarington is delighted to partner with Bell to extend this vital infrastructure to our community and support our residents, businesses and visitors," said Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster. "This is a major initiative that has been years in the making, and we're very excited that our community will have access to state-of-the-art broadband connectivity, a service that is no longer a wish but rather a necessity."

Delivering symmetrical Internet access speeds up to one gigabit per second, now, Bell FTTP is the most advanced network technology of its kind, designed to ultimately deliver speeds of 40 gigabits per second and beyond in future. Bell fibre also powers the latest advances in Fibe TV, Alt TV, and a broad range of business connectivity, managed services and data centre solutions.

"The mayor and staff in Clarington have been instrumental in providing the access we need to roll out this major project as quickly and efficiently as possible," said Bruce Furlong, Bell's vice-president, network. "Our productive partnership will provide Clarington with an essential smart city communications infrastructure to deliver the best connections now and into the future."

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