Bell Fiber Internet Expands to Memramcook and St. Martins in New Brunswick

Bell announced Wednesday that it will expand its pure fiber Internet service to the villages of Memramcook and St. Martins in New Brunswick.

The announcement is part of the company’s accelerated capital investment to expand its network infrastructure, which will bring fiber to nearly 2,900 locations by the end of 2021.

“Bell is proud to bring our world-leading pure fiber connections and Internet and TV services to homes and business locations in rural communities, including Memramcook and St. Martins as part of our historic network acceleration program,” said Rizwan Jamal, president of Bell. Residential and small business, in a statement. “Closing the digital divide is a priority for Bell as we advance the way Canadians connect with each other and with the world.”

Bell says the expansion will bring fiber internet with download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps, as well as access to services like Fibe TV.

Earlier this year, Bell announced that it would spend an additional $ 1.7 billion over the next two years to accelerate its fiber internet, 5G and rural networks, to “help fuel Canada’s recovery from the COVID crisis.”

“The Town of Memramcook is pleased with the Bell expansion project, which will provide many people in our community with access to pure fiber Internet,” Memramcook Mayor Maxime O. Bourgeois said in a statement. “We thank Bell for his commitment to this project and to our municipality. This technological advance will bring positive benefits for the economic development of our community ”.

Yesterday, Bell MTS announced that it was expanding fiber internet to Pembina Valley in Manitoba, while Bell also stated that a similar deployment would come to Barrington in Halifax.

Other alternatives for staying connected in rural areas include SpaceX Starlink satellite internet, currently in beta but available to Canadians.

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