Friday, February 25, 2005
Bell Canada Roll-Out in Alberta
Government of Alberta, Axia, and Bell Canada announce SuperNet completion plan.
EDMONTON, February 22, 2005 - The Government of Alberta, Axia NetMedia Corporation and Bell Canada jointly announced today that they are in the final stage of completing the roll out and commissioning of the Alberta SuperNet.
Under the completion and commissioning plan, all the rural communities in the Extended Area Network will be connected by April 30, 2005 which will enable local service providers to buy bandwidth on the Alberta SuperNet and offer high-speed commercial services including Internet access, to rural retail customers. Additionally, the vast majority of the government, health, library and education facilities in the Base Area Network and Extended Area Network will be connected by June 30, 2005 with the total network being completed by September 30, 2005. Alberta Restructuring and Government Efficiency Minister Luke Ouellette says, "It's very exciting to be completing Alberta SuperNet in the province's centennial year. Albertans have been looking forward to having SuperNet operational in their local communities and very soon this will be realized." He adds, "I'm pleased with Axia and Bell's commitment to this new schedule that over the next few months will deliver a remarkable network with countless benefits to Alberta's citizens and businesses."
About the Alberta SuperNet
The Alberta SuperNet is a Real Broadband network linking approximately 4,200 government, health, library and education facilities in 429 communities province-wide at affordable and sustainable costs to the Government of Alberta. Additionally, the Alberta SuperNet creates a competitive market for the delivery of broadband services by private Internet service providers throughout the province to rural retail customers.
