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Bell Aliant issued a press release<\/a> today that caught my eye, announcing that it is extending fibre to the home (FTTH) service to three additional towns in Newfoundland and Labrador: Harbour Grace, Deer Lake and Stephenville. <\/p>\n

These are some pretty small communities. Harbour Grace<\/a> is a town of about 3100 people; Deer Lake<\/a> is home to 5,000; Stephenville<\/a> has a population of 8,000.<\/p>\n

Bell Aliant is investing $4.8M to provide fibre optic connectivity to 8,100 homes and businesses in these 3 communities. Bell Aliant’s FTTH service, FibreOP, is available to more than 800,000 homes and businesses in more than 70 communities across Atlantic Canada and Ontario, with a target to have one million premises passed by the end of 2014.<\/p>\n

Today’s announcement brings advanced digital infrastructure to communities that aren’t suburbs of major metropolitan areas. Harbour Grace is 100 kms from St. John’s. It is 30 kms off the Trans-Canada highway. Deer Lake is 50 kms north east from Corner Brook; Stephenville is 80 kms southwest of Corner Brook, the former home of a US air force base. <\/p>\n

There is no government broadband program driving the investment, but there are competitive pressures at play. Eastlink offers cable-based TV, phone and internet. <\/p>\n

Bell Aliant’s FTTH services in the province will be available to more than 139,000 premises, an investment of $65 million since 2011. At less than $600 per premises, the expansion is an interesting contrast to the costs described in my blog post from last week<\/a> discussing Australia’s government-led experience to date. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bell Aliant issued a press release today that caught my eye, announcing that it is extending fibre to the home (FTTH) service to three additional towns in Newfoundland and Labrador: Harbour Grace, Deer Lake and Stephenville. These are some pretty small communities. Harbour Grace is a town of about 3100 people; Deer Lake is home …<\/p>\n

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