Every home in Prince Edward Island to get connected to high-speed Internet thanks to federal-provincial partnership
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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Prince Edward Island's plan accelerates this work, with its target of 95% of the province connected by 2023 and 100% by 2025.
Key Points:
- Prince Edward Island's plan accelerates this work, with its target of 95% of the province connected by 2023 and 100% by 2025.
- In addition to today's partnership, the Government of Canada is taking immediate action by investing more than $1.5 million in funding for Island Telecom and Xplornet to bring high-speed Internet to over 1,000homes in Prince Edward Island.
- The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island recognize the important role that high-speed Internet access will have in the Island's economic recovery from the pandemic.
- "We need to close the connectivity gap and ensure that every nook and cranny of Prince Edward Island has access to reliable high-speed Internet.