{"id":9599,"date":"2022-02-04T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/high-speed-internet-coming-to-500-homes-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-via-ubf-project\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:29:10","slug":"high-speed-internet-coming-to-500-homes-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-via-ubf-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/high-speed-internet-coming-to-500-homes-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-via-ubf-project\/","title":{"rendered":"High-speed internet coming to 500+ homes in Newfoundland and Labrador via UBF project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The government of Canada announced that it would fund another internet project in Newfoundland and Labrador through the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) Rapid Response Stream.<\/p>\n

Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Yvonne Jones<\/span>, Member of Parliament for Labrador<\/span>, announced<\/a> over $929,000 in funding to help bring high-speed internet to 528 households in North West River and the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig Land Networks is excited to announce the expansion of bigLink Internet, bringing fibre optic Internet to the residents of Sheshatshiu and North West River. bigLink Internet is a brand new fiber-to-the-home service, offering packages with speeds up to 500 Mbps!\u201d said Big Land Networks president David Hall in a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to thank the Innu Development Limited Partnership and the Government of Canada for the opportunity to provide underserved Labrador communities with high-speed Internet services and to bridge the digital divide by expanding our fibre networks into even more rural areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

This expansion will help further the government\u2019s goal of expanding high-speed internet to 98 percent of Canadians by 2026. Canada\u2019s Connectivity Strategy<\/a> aims to provide all Canadians with access to internet with download speeds of at least 50Mbps and upload speeds of at least 10Mbps.<\/p>\n

For more about Canada\u2019s UBF projects, check out our map here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n