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Cogeco invests more than $3.2 million to connect more Quebecers to high-speed Internet services
Cogeco invests more than $3.2 million to connect more Quebecers to high-speed Internet se...
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[{"type":"text","content":"CCA-Invest-HighSpeed\n \n \n \n Cogeco invests more than $3.2 million to connect more Quebecers to high-speed Internet services\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n MONTRÉAL, Sept. 22, 2020\n \n \n \n \n MONTRÉAL,\n \n Sept. 22, 2020\n \n /CNW Telbec/ - As part of Cogeco Communications Inc.'s (TSX: CCA) four-year commitment to invest more than\n \n $1 billion\n \n in the operation and expansion of its advanced Canadian broadband network, its subsidiary, Cogeco Connexion, is pleased to announce a\n \n $3.2 million\n \n commitment to offer more Quebecers its high-speed Internet services. This additional investment will offer high-speed Internet services to more than 3,700 homes and businesses in several\n \n Quebec\n \n municipalities, across the Laurentides, Haut-St-François, Appalaches, Etchemins and\n \n Drummond\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"\n \n We are proud to announce this additional investment in\n \n Quebec's\n \n digital infrastructure. We care about continuing to invest in our hybrid fibre coaxial cable network to respond to the growing and increasingly vital need for connectivity in underserved regions,\"\n \n says Frédéric Perron, President of Cogeco Connexion. Thus, close to 300 homes and businesses in the village of Weir, in the municipality of\n \n Montcalm\n \n , will soon have access to our services. The municipalities of Weedon-Beaulac (850 homes and businesses),\n \n Saint-Guillaume\n \n and\n \n St-Edmond-de-Grantham\n \n (750 homes and businesses),\n \n Lac-Etchemin\n \n (1,100 homes and businesses) and\n \n Ste-Justine\n \n (700 homes and businesses) will also be able to access our services thanks to an upcoming network upgrade.\n \n \n These residents in these municipalities will have access to the full range of Cogeco's services including the most flexible television offerings, high-speed Internet services with download speeds up to 1GB, as well as unlimited usage with most packages.\n \n \n Since 1972, Cogeco has been massively investing in its robust fibre ...