By Cecilia Nasmith/Today’s Northumberland
Cobourg and Port Hope are among eight municipalities in the Eastern Ontario Regional Network to which Rogers Communications has announced the extension of its 5G network.
Other communities in which Rogers 5G is now available include Carleton Place, Kingston, Lindsay, Perth, Peterborough and Picton.
This expansion is part of a $300-million partnership among Rogers, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and EORN to bridge the digital divide by bringing reliable wireless connectivity across Eastern Ontario. Through this partnership, Rogers will deliver mobile connectivity to 113 municipalities and Indigenous communities in Eastern Ontario by 2025 by building more than 300 new cellular towers and upgrading more than 300 pre-existing sites.
As part of an additional $140-million investment related to this project, Rogers recently announced it will expand its network of fibre-to-the-home technology in Eastern Ontario, servicing more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Quinte West, Belleville and Prince Edward County.
