Bell Aliant laying more fibre to the home in New Brunswick
Bell Aliant this week announced their 2010 fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network expansion plan for New Brunswick.
The company said the new plan includes offering FibreOP services in several communities including: the City of Bathurst and the City of Miramichi, the Greater Saint John area including the towns of Rothesay, Quispamsis, and Grand Bay-Westfield; and the Greater Moncton area including the City of Moncton, City of Dieppe and Town of Riverview.
FibreOP is the brand name Bell Aliant uses to market its FTTH services which consist of Internet Protocol television (IPTV), home phone and high speed internet.
By end of 2010, Bell Aliant says it will have invested $80 million to bring FibreOP technology to 110,000 – or 35 per cent – of the homes and business in New Brunswick. Looking forward to mid-2011, they will have extended the service to a total of 145,000 or 45 per cent, of homes and businesses in the province.
The network was originally announced in July, 2009, when Bell Aliant said that it would invest $60 million in a FTTH network to serve homes and businesses in the province.
Bell Aliant is also expanding its City of Fredericton rollout to include some Greater Fredericton neighborhood communities including the areas of New Maryland, Hanwell, Peppercreek, McLeod Hill and Lincoln and is set to complete the project by the end of March.
