Toronto waterfront communities to receive super-fast broadband

A public development agency in Toronto announced Tuesday that some new waterfront communities will be wired with residential broadband speeds of 100 Mbps downloads. Public developer Waterfront Toronto said in a release that, following competitive bidding process, it is partnering with Beanfield Metroconnect to build and operate a fibre network that it called “Canada's first open-access ultra-high speed broadband community network.” The release said that all homes and businesses in the new communities will be wired with fibre and provided with “affordable and unlimited access” to Internet speeds of 100 Mbps for residential customers and up to 10 Gbps for business customers. The network will also provide a community-wide WiFi service, the release said. It added that, as part of their monthly condo fees, residents will pay $60 for unlimited 100 Mbps Internet service, neighbourhood-wide WiFi, and access to a “community portal service.” Beanfield Metroconnect is also required to ensure that the network is on par with that of the seven top global intelligent communities for 10 years after the construction of the community's final building, the release said. "This state-of-the-art network will help us establish a new hub of innovation and stimulate enduring economic growth to help Toronto remain competitive with other world-leading cities, such as Seoul, Stockholm, and Tokyo where similar broadband infrastructures exist or are now being built,” John Campbell, president and CEO of Waterfront Toronto, said in a statement. The developer added that the network will be "open-access" so that residents and businesses can choose content and service providers for Internet, Internet protocol television, telephone, security systems and other services. The City of Toronto, the Ontario government and the federal government created Waterfront Toronto to renew Toronto's waterfront.

Toronto waterfront communities to receive super-fast broadband

Brief | June 9, 2011

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