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Government giving $500 million towards rural areas for Internet cojnnection; Huron County wants to be one of them
Shaun Gregory project is anticipated to distribute outskirts of Brussels and in been known." of what areas will receive funds.
Huron Expositor high-speed Internet to rural and between Bayfield and Goderich are "We as cooperatives are working All applications must be filled
isolated populations throughout having difficulties with service. to make that better. Unfortunately out by Feb. 22.
Living in a rural municipality has the country. There have been towers installed we don't have the funds available The online survey can be
its advantages, yet there are defi- This funding is only applicable to provide these specific 800-900 to get the last mile of fibre optic obtained at http://internetsurvey.
nitely obstacles while existing in for areas served who are not meet- customers with wireless signals; technology to the houses in rural . cni.on.ca/survey.php, or byvisiting
the sticks; finding a strong Internet ing the requirements of five mega- unfortunately Rathwell said areas:' the huroncounty.ca
connection appears to be at the top bytes per second. numerous clients are not receiving Since this area is primarily occu- "Participation in this survey is
of the list. "I think the government is now the appropriate Internet.capabili- pied by a vast array of farmland, voluntary, but the information is
The County of Huron, part- realizing that you require a high- ties or accessibility. This number of there is no line to give people a vital to the success of future fund-
nered with Hurontel, Hay and speed Internet connection to be underserved users is a lot more strong connection, explained ing applications," said Huron
Tuckersmith Communications really successful in life," stated when grouped with Hay and Rathwell. County Warden Jim Ginn. "If you
Co -Operative Ltd. (TCC) are con- Dani Rathwell, communications Hurontel, she said. To be part of the funding, TCC support the expansion of high-
scious of this frustrating dilemma. manager at TCC during a phone Rathwell assumes there are some and the County are asking resi- speed Internet in Huron County,
All these organizations have conversation Feb. 3. "Homework places so remote that they don't dents to fill out an online sur- now is the time to participate."
recently joined forces in the opti- for kids requires access to the have any coverage at all vey. As well, they are asked to TCC will be implementing
misms of receiving a share of Internet; everything is online "We are aware of the areas that check their current Internet fibre in the ground; so all the
$500 million from the Govern- these days.." are underserved in the territory," speed. Once this information is rural customers that have iden-
ment of Canada_- slated to invest TCC provides service to nearby stated Rathwell. "'There is no ques- collected they will be able to tified their challenges will
in a new program titled Connect towns such as Seaforth and Clin- tion that rural areas throughout the back up their claims, which will receive fibre lighting, this task
t o I n n o v a t e T h i s ton. Rathwell says the places on the county are underserved. It's always play a major role in the decision must be finished by 2021.
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