Connecting Eastern Ontario to the World

Connecting Eastern Ontario to the World Project Update January 2014

Project Overview The Eastern Ontario Regional Network is helping to spur economic growth by building improved rural broadband access across the region. The project, created by the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus, will improve access to the internet with higher speeds and bandwidth to at least 95 per cent of homes and businesses in Eastern Ontario. The network covers an area of more than 50,000 square kilometres and will reach nearly one million people in 11 counties and two single-tier municipalities. The $170-million project is being built through the support of federal, provincial, municipal and private sector funding. Including private sector in-kind contributions, the total value of the project has risen to more than $260 million. The network is based on a 5,500-kilometre fibre optic backbone with about 160 new or improved internet access points that internet service providers (ISPs) can use to improve local high-speed access. The project s local access networks are 90 per cent completed and will be finished by the end of 2014. In all, 546 sites for wireless broadcast towers or DSL equipment were built or upgraded throughout the region to build the network. The project was expanded in 2013 to build new fibre optic connections at more than 50 business parks and clusters across the region. In 2013, the project garnered international recognition for improving broadband access when it was short-listed for an award by the Broadband World Forum. Improved rates and packages for satellite services have been negotiated for rural Eastern Ontario residents and businesses, to ensure preferred pricing for the region. The Eastern Ontario Regional Network is transforming rural Eastern Ontario and opening up new markets and opportunities for our economy and improving quality of life for our residents. Jean Paul St. Pierre 2014 EOWC Chair

Pembroke Whitney RENFREW L Orignal PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL Huntsville HALIBURTON Minden LANARK STORMONT, DUNDAS HASTINGS OF LEEDS AND GRENVILLE KAWARTHA LAKES Lindsay PETERBOROUGH Peterborough LENNOX AND Belleville Oshawa NORTHUMBERLAND Cobourg PRINCE EDWARD Lake Ontario Timeline To build the network, the region was divided into 15 local access zones. The above map outlines when new local access networks in each zone will be finished and by which internet service provider (ISP). Most local access networks are nearly complete, with delays in some areas due to government approvals, construction issues or other logistics. Even if a zone isn t fully built, most expanded services are already available. The entire project is to be completed by the end of 2014, with opportunities for future growth. Using an open, competitive bidding process, contracts were awarded to ISPs who demonstrated that they would invest in reaching the greatest number of households. However, all ISPs will have equal access to the fibre optic backbone in order to expand their services. In some areas, more than one ISP was awarded a contract in order to reach as many households as possible. Please note that not all listed ISPs will be available throughout an entire zone. As well, in many zones, services from other ISPs are also available. EORN Zone Names Expected Service Contract Availability to Households Awarded to n Satellite Services* n Embrun n Quinte-Loyalist n Northumberland n Highlands Bell Aliant n South Nation Bell Aliant & n Sebright n Kawartha March 2014 Bell Aliant, Nexicom & n Haliburton April 2014 Bell Aliant n Valley South March 2014 Bell Aliant & Storm n Valley North April 2014 Bell Aliant n Dorset March 2014 Bell Aliant n March 2014 Bell Aliant & Storm n SD&G April 2014 Bell Aliant & n Thousand Islands March 2014 n Hastings North April 2014 Bell Aliant * Satellite service is already available at improved pricing throughout the region. Satellite may continue to be the technology that best serves remote areas or difficult terrain within all EORN Zones. Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 3

Progress Highlights Ontario s largest rural broadband network The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) has nearly reached its goal of enabling high-speed internet access across the region, improving quality of life and supporting economic growth. The project is gaining international profile for its success. In 2013, it was one of five organizations short-listed for an award from the Broadband World Forum that recognizes efforts to improve broadband penetration. The regional network has three main components: a fibre optic backbone, a series of local access networks and satellite coverage. This structure has provided residents and businesses across the region with improved access to internet speeds of 10 Mbps or more through DSL, wireless or satellite services. As well, a range of internet packages and technologies are available offering speeds of 3 Mbps to 9 Mbps, in order to meet the varying needs of residents. In 2013, the project expanded to include improved broadband coverage to more than 50 business parks and clusters, further improving economic development opportunities across the region. As well, EORN is actively investigating how to best to use remaining funds to fill in gaps and further expand the reach of broadband in the region. 1) Backbone The regional network is based on a high-capacity scalable fibre optic backbone of 5,500 kilometres. This critical piece of the network was completed on schedule and launched in late 2012. The $70-million construction involved laying 520 kilometres of new cable to connect 5,000 kilometres of existing fibre. The backbone also has 160 new or improved internet access points that ISPs can use to deliver broadband to residents. 2) Local Access In order to connect the fibre optic backbone to homes and businesses, EORN created 15 zones within Eastern Ontario. In all, 22 contracts were awarded to ISPs through an open and competitive bidding process to build local networks within these zones. Key criteria included: the geographic reach and number of households covered by the network; the speeds and bandwidth that will be achieved; competitive consumer pricing; the financial investment by EORN; and, the investment to be made by the company. Ranging from local telecoms to national providers, the ISPs are expanding broadband access using a combination of wired and wireless technologies. These local access networks are 90 per cent finished and will be completed by spring 2014. 3) Satellite To ensure comprehensive broadband coverage, EORN has negotiated improved services and better rates for satellite internet services with Communications Inc. Satellite technology offers high-speed internet access for areas that cannot be reached through wired or wireless connections. s 4G satellite network, launched in 2012, represents a major leap forward in advanced technologies, with significantly more capacity and an improved subscriber experience. Residents and businesses can choose from a range of satellite services to meet their individual needs, with speeds of up to 10 Mbps. 4 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

Expanding broadband to business hubs In 2013, EORN sought to increase broadband access at business parks and clusters, to further improve economic opportunity in the region. Several service providers were selected through a competitive process to build new high-speed fibre internet connections to more than 50 business parks and clusters. The locations were identified by municipalities. The project adds to the number of business parks and clusters that already have broadband service in the region. The project is valued at about $11.1 million, and is being funded through existing EORN project funding and investments by the three private sector partners. The new fibre broadband connections will be completed by the end of 2014. Building and maintaining the network With the addition of the business park initiative, EORN construction will be completed by the end of 2014. Contracts with private sector partners also set out long-term technical and customer service requirements until 2024. EORN s Board of Directors and staff are responsible for ensuring these obligations are met and for monitoring vendor performance both during construction and once the network is operational. EORN also tracks the performance feedback it receives from residents and businesses and advocates on behalf of customers. EORN is committed to an open access policy. This means that any CRTC-registered ISP will have the option to buy wholesale bandwidth at the same rates on the backbone, co-locate on EORN-funded sites, or resell access services. The goal is to create a level playing field that will encourage an open and competitive market place for internet services in the community. First Nations The EORN project will help meet the important goal of improving First Nations access to affordable broadband. EORN has been working collaboratively with these communities to ensure that they share in the benefits of the network. Highlights include: The Alderville First Nation has direct fibre connectivity at its community centre, health services, student services and administrative offices. These access points connect to portions of new fibre optic cable that was laid by Bell Aliant and Bell through Alderville First Nation s traditional lands and treaty area. The Curve Lake First Nation has a new internet access point and local fibre network, which is providing broadband connections to key community buildings, such as the school, community centre, business centre and administration offices. The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation has received new DSL services through the project, an expansion that also resulted in improved phone lines to the community. The Mohawks of the Akwesasne are currently pursuing opportunities to create a local network that connects to a new fibre optic internet access point, which was built by EORN. Our communities developed a shared vision. Working with the support of the federal, provincial and municipal governments, and in partnership with the private sector, we are making that vision a reality. David Burton 2014 EORN Chair Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 5

Broadband Access by County Rolphton Chalk River entian Hills Cobden Golden Lake Killaloe Eganville rry s Bay RENFREW Douglas Renfrew Foymount INGS NTY rmora Palmer Rapids Gilmour Deep River Denbigh Madoc Thurlow rankford Belleville nton Petawawa Kramer Subdivision Pembroke Tweed LENNOX AND Tamworth Selby Deseronto Beachburg Newburgh Adolpustown Wellington PRINCE EDWARD March 2014 March 2014 Braeside Arnprion McDonalds LANARK Smiths Falls Inverary Collins Bay Wolfe Island Seeley s Bay Bell Aliant & Storm L Orignal Rockland Hawkesbury Plantagenet Alfred PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL St. Eugene St. Isidore Glen Robertson The following section outlines how the network will improve access to high-speed internet by County and single-tier municipalities in the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus. Embrun Frontenac RussellCounty Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Avonmore Lachute Broadband access in Frontenac County was improved through Chesterville Finch Martintown Lancaster eight new or improved Long internet Sault access Glen points Walter along the fibre South Mountain Ingleside optic backbone in the County and the City of. Building off these access Morrisburg points, local access was delivered by three EORN contracts: In the south, launched new fixed wireless services in the spring of 2012. Bell Aliant provided a wired DSL solution in the more sparsely populated northern part of the County in summer 2013. In southeastern Frontenac, while service is available in some areas, expanded wireless service from will be complete by March 2014. This portion of the County experienced some delays due to difficulties in finalizing site locations and approvals. Mallorytown In all, DSL and wireless services will provide access to internet speeds of 10 Mbps to 12,370 of the County s households, and to most of rural s 3,680 households. The remaining 5,500 households can access satellite internet services at improved speeds and pricing negotiated by EORN. Business clusters in Sydenham and will get fibrebased high-speed internet through Bell Aliant. Three business parks: Alcan, Catararqui Estates and St. Lawrence, will get this service through a contract with Utilities. This work will be completed by the end of 2014. 6 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

North Bay Rolphton Deep River Chalk River Laurentian Hills Petawawa Kramer Subdivision Pembroke Beachburg Orillia Beaverton Huntsville HALIBURTON Minden Whitney HASTINGS Kirkfield Fenelon Falls Burleigh Falls Bobcaygeon Nephton KAWARTHA PETERBOROUGH Marmora Madoc LAKES Havelock March 2014 Dunsford Bell Aliant Woodville Lakefield April 2014 Lindsay Bridgenorth Bell Aliant Norwood Campellford April 2014 Little Britain Omemee Bell Aliant Peterborough Hastings RENFREW Haliburton County Bethany Warkworth Frankford Port Perry Bailieboro Roseneath Newmarket Trenton Castleton Garden Hill NORTHUMBERLAND Cold Springs Brighton arkham Welcome Grafton Oshawa Colborne Ajax Port Hope Cobourg Pickering Bowmanville Toronto Bracebridge Gravenhurst Sebright Dorset Carnarvon Coboconk West Guilford Haliburton Kinmount Gooderham Wilberforce Cardiff Apsley Bancroft Lake Ontario Maynooth Coe Hill Barry s Bay Killaloe Cobden Golden Lake Eganville Douglas Renfrew Foymount Haliburton County is one of the Arnprior larger and more sparsely Palmer populated Rapids areas of Eastern Ontario, with a high number of lakeside seasonal properties. EORN Mississippi was able Millsto expand access by building off the previous Rural Connections broadband Denbigh project. Eight new or improved internet access points were built in the County as part of the fibre optic McDonalds backbone. LANARK Across much of the County, new DSL services from Bell Gilmour Aliant were phased in starting in the fall of 2012. The remaining few sites will be completed by April 2014. Delays were due to the challenges of placing fibre both aerially and through water crossings. In all, about 9,600 households Tamworth in Haliburton County will Tweed Seeley s Bay have access to internet speeds of at Inverary least 10 Mbps through DSL, with an additional 2,850 having access to internet Selby Newburgh Thurlow speeds in the 6 Mbps to 10 Mbps range. Most of the County s Belleville remaining 9,150 households can access these Collins Bay Wolfe Island Deseronto speeds via satellite services, with improved pricing and Adolpustown packages negotiated by EORN. LENNOX AND Braeside Smiths Falls Wellington Business PRINCE Parks EDWARD The Stanhope Airport area business hub in Algonquin Highlands will get new fibre high-speed internet access through Bell Aliant by the end of 2014. Rocklan Mallorytown UNIT PRESC Chesterville South Mountain Russell C Em A Willia Iroq Cardina Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 7

Subdivision Pembroke Beachburg Guilford BURTON UNTY aliburton en ount Gooderham Whitney Wilberforce Cardiff Apsley Maynooth Bancroft Coe Hill Cobden Golden Lake Killaloe Eganville Barry s Bay RENFREW Douglas Renfrew Foymount HASTINGS Fenelon Falls Burleigh Falls Nephton PETERBOROUGH Marmora nsford Havelock Lakefield y Bridgenorth Norwood Campellford ee Peterborough Hastings LENNOX AND Selby Newburgh Thurlow Warkworth Frankford Bailieboro Belleville Deseronto Collins Bay Roseneath Trenton Castleton en Hill NORTHUMBERLAND Adolpustown Cold Springs lcome Grafton Colborne Cobourg PRINCE EDWARD Port Hope Wellington nville Lake Ontario April 2014 Palmer Rapids Gilmour Denbigh Madoc Tweed Bell Aliant Tamworth Hastings County Braeside L Orignal Alfred PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL Hastings Arnprion County will benefit from 13 new or improved St. Isidore internet access points on the fibre optic backbone. Improved local access was built through a number of Embrun contracts: Russell Crysler Wireless services in the southern half of Avonmore the County were expanded by and started Chesterville to go live Finch in the spring Long Sault of 2012. McDonalds STORMONT, DUNDAS Martintown Lancaster Glen Walter Ingleside LANARK In the north, Smiths Bell Aliant Falls is providing a wired DSL solution. Morrisburg Work will be completed by April 2014. A variety of construction UNITED delays COUNTIES have impacted an aggressive schedule, including delays in getting approvals for right of ways with provincial authorities. Construction was then further hampered by early winter weather. In addition, more utility poles needed to be replaced than expected. Inverary Seeley s Bay Mallorytown In all, 13,560 Hastings County households will have access to internet speeds of at least 10 Mbps through DSL or wireless service. In addition, 14,900 households in the City Wolfe Island of Belleville and 14,625 households in Quinte West have this access. The remaining 7,270 County households have access to improved satellite packages negotiated by EORN. South Mountain Rockland Plantagenet Five Hastings County business parks will get new fibre optic high-speed internet access from Bell Aliant by the end of 2014, including: the Burnside Street area in Madoc the Crescent/Y Road area in Hasting Highlands the Industry Lane Business Park in Marmora the Tweed Industrial Park in Tweed the West Front Street Business Park in As well, Cogeco will deliver fibre broadband to two business hubs in Quinte West: the Frankford Industrial Park and Trenton s North Murray Industrial Park. In the City of Belleville, Cogeco will build fibre connections to the Jamieson Bone Road and Bell Boulevard business areas. Hawkesbury Glen Robertson Lachute St. Eugene 8 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

iver Gravenhurst Orillia Beaverton Petawawa Markham Kramer Subdivision Pickering roke Beachburg Toronto Cobden en Lake Eganville REW Douglas NTY Renfrew NNOX AND INGTON OUNTY n E EDWARD OUNTY Huntsville Bracebridge Sebright Ajax KAWARTHA LAKES Port Perry Newmarket Oshawa Dorset West Guilford HALIBURTON Carnarvon Kirkfield Bobcaygeon Woodville Arnprion McDonalds LANARK Coboconk Minden Fenelon Falls Dunsford Lindsay Little Britain Omemee Braeside Haliburton Kinmount PETERBOROUGH Bethany Warkworth Bailieboro Roseneath Castleton Garden Hill NORTHUMBERLAND Cold Springs Brighton City of Kawartha Lakes Smiths Falls There were 10 new or improved internet access points created in Coe Hill Kawartha Gilmour Lakes. Bell Aliant, Nexicom, and are building local HASTINGS access throughout the region off of these hubs: Nexicom and have completed construction of their expanded wireless services. Madoc Marmora Over 75 per cent of Bell Aliant s Tamworthnew DSL services are in service, Tweed Seeley s Bay with the remaining expected to be in service by March 2014. Selby Newburgh In all, 35,865 households Thurlow will have access to internet speeds of at least Frankford 10 Mbps through wireless or DSL service and the Belleville Collins Bay Wolfe Island remaining 1,330 households Deserontocan access these speeds through Trenton improved satellite packages. Adolpustown Welcome Grafton Business Colborne Parks PRINCE EDWARD Port Hope Cobourg Wellington Bell Aliant will build fibre connections to the Fenelon Falls Bell Aliant, Nexicom Industrial Park area and Cogeco will build fibre to the Needham & Street area in Lindsay. Lake Ontario Lachute Bowmanville Gooderham Lakefield Bridgenorth Smiths Falls Wilberforce Apsley Bancroft Burleigh Falls Nephton Maynooth Cardiff Havelock Norwood Campellford Peterborough Hastings orth Brook Tamworth March 2014 Bell Aliant & Storm Seeley s Bay Mallorytown March 2014 Inverary Bell Aliant & Storm Selby Newburgh Collins Bay Wolfe Island Deseronto Adolpustown March 2014 Palmer Rapids Denbigh County LENNOX AND L Orignal Alfred PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL Hawkesbury McDonalds LANARK Inverary Eight new or improved St. Isidore internet Glen Robertson access points were built in County. A number of ISPs were contracted to build off of these hubs to Embrun deliver UNITED improved COUNTIES services: OF Russell Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Bell Aliant Avonmore will provide service in more densely populated areas Chesterville around, Finch, Martintown MacDonald s Lancaster and. One of four sites remains Long Sault Glen Walter to be built and should be finished by the end Ingleside of March 2014. South Mountain Rockland Plantagenet Morrisburg Storm Internet, a regional internet service provider with a base in, has finished expanding their existing wireless network. St. Eugene In the east, Bell Aliant expects to finish expanding DSL services by the end of March 2014. Work was delayed by the need to upgrade utility poles in the area to accommodate the new services. Utility repairs resulting from winter storms may slow this work. In all, 30,705 households will have access to speeds of 10 Mbps or higher through DSL or wireless services and the remaining 960 can access these speeds via improved satellite packages. Four different business clusters will receive new fibre optic, high-speed internet access from Bell Aliant, including: Christie Lake Road in Tay Valley Hwy. 7 commercial area in Tay Valley core and business area Ewart Ave. area in Drummond/North Elmsley Pr C W Sout Mallorytown Maitlan Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 9

Killaloe Rockland Eganville Hawkesbury Plantagenet Alfred RENFREW Douglas Barry s Bay Renfrew Braeside PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL St. Eugene ayy Foymount Arnprion St. Isidore Glen Robertson Palmer Rapids Rolphton Embrun Maynooth Deep Lennox River and Addington Russell Crysler County STORMONT, DUNDAS Avonmore Denbigh Bancroft In all, 11 new or improved internet access points were built Chalk River Chesterville Finch Martintown Lancaster in Lennox and Addington County. Local access networks Glen Walter McDonalds Laurentian Hills Long Sault Cardiff Petawawa South Mountain Ingleside have been built by two ISPs: Kramer LANARK Smiths Falls Subdivision Coe Hill launched expanded wireless Morrisburg services in the south Pembroke Gilmour in spring 2013. Beachburg ley HASTINGS OF LEEDS Northern AND GRENVILLE areas of the County received expanded DSL services North from Augusta Bell CobdenAliant in summer 2013. Golden Lake phton Killaloe Rockland Madoc Whitney Eganville H In all, 13,350 households have internet access speeds of Plantag Marmora RENFREW Douglas Havelock Barry s Bay Tamworth 10 Mbps or higher and the remaining 1,800 households UNITED C Tweed Seeley s Bay Mallorytown Renfrew Braeside Inverary Foymount PRESCOTT have access to similar speeds Arnprior via satellite services. od Campellford Selby ille Hastings Palmer Rapids Thurlow Newburgh Casselma Dorset Warkworth Frankford West Guilford Embrun Belleville Maynooth Wolfe IslandThe Loyalist East Business Park, in Loyalist Township, will th Deseronto Collins Bay Russell Crysl HALIBURTON Trenton Castleton receive improved fibre broadband Carleton services Place from Utilities Avonmo idge LAND Carnarvon Denbigh Adolpustown Bancroft by the end of 2014. Chesterville Finc Brighton Haliburton Wilberforce n Colborne McDonalds Wellington PRINCE EDWARD Cardiff st South Mountain Ingle Minden Available Gooderham Now LANARK Smiths Falls Coe Hill M Bell Aliant Gilmour Kinmount ight rio Apsley HASTINGS Coboconk Kirkfield Fenelon Falls Burleigh Falls Bobcaygeon Nephton Madoc KAWARTHA PETERBOROUGH Marmora LAKES Havelock Northumberland Tamworth County Dunsford Woodville Tweed Seeley s Bay Mallorytown Lakefield A dozen new internet access Inverary points were built in Lindsay Bridgenorth Norwood Hastings Northumberland County as part of the fibre optic backbone. Little Britain Omemee Campellford Selby Newburgh Peterborough ThurlowBuilding off the backbone, improved local access is being Bethany Warkworth Frankford Perry delivered in the County through two contracts: Bailieboro Belleville Collins Bay Wolfe Island Roseneath Deseronto Trenton Castleton completed its expanded wireless in most of the Garden Hill NORTHUMBERLAND Adolpustown County in fall 2012. Cold Springs Brighton Welcome Grafton Oshawa Colborne A couple of areas in Trent Hills have received expanded DSL Cobourg Wellington PRINCE EDWARD Port Hope Bowmanville service from Bell Aliant as of the fall of 2012. LENNOX AND Lake Ontario March 2014 Bell Aliant & LENNOX AND Nearly all 30,870 households in the County will have access to internet speeds of 10 Mbps or higher through wireless or DSL. Those who are unable to get service due to terrain issues can get access through satellite services. Cogeco is building new high-speed fibre access to the Brighton Industrial Park and to the Purdy Industrial Park Road area in Cramahe. Bell Aliant is connecting the Campbellford Industrial Park and the Tanner Industrial Park in Trent Hills to high-speed fibre. 10 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

Huntsville racebridge venhurst ton tney Sebright Kirkfield Port Perry rket ce Dorset West Guilford HALIBURTON Carnarvon Coboconk Bobcaygeon Fenelon KAWARTHA Falls LAKES Woodville Dunsford Lindsay Killaloe Little Britain Omemee Barry s Bay Bethany Maynooth Welcome Oshawa Ajax Bowmanville Bancroft Apsley Cardiff Falls Nephton UGH Y Havelock Rolphton Haliburton Wilberforce Deep River Minden Gooderham Laurentian Kinmount Hills HASTINGS Pembroke Nephton Burleigh Falls Beachburg PETERBOROUGH Marmora Havelock Lakefield Cobden Golden Lake Bridgenorth Norwood Eganville Campellford Hastings RENFREW Douglas Peterborough Renfrew Warkworth Frankford Foymount Bailieboro Roseneath Castleton Trenton NORTHUMBERLAND Cold Springs Brighton Grafton Colborne Port Hope Cobourg Wellington Denbigh Palmer Rapids Garden Hill Petawawa Apsley Kramer Subdivision Maynooth Bancroft Cardiff Coe Hill Lake Ontario April 2014 Bell Aliant, Nexicom & HASTINGS seneath Castleton Trenton BERLAND NTY Brighton Grafton Colborne Wellington urg LENNOX AND Palmer Rapids Gilmour Denbigh Madoc Arnprion Belleville McDonalds Peterborough County Eleven new internet access points were built in Peterborough County as part of the fibre optic backbone, as well as one in the City of Peterborough. Local access through much of the County will be delivered through DSL services by Bell Aliant and wireless services from Nexicom and. All the new wireless sites are in service Tamworth and over 75 per cent of the DSL sites Seeley s are Bay Mallorytown built, with the Inverary remaining to be completed by April Rockland L Orignal 2014. Tweed Thurlow Braeside LENNOX AND Selby In all, 29,390 households will have access to internet PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL services of 10 Mbps Collins or higher Bay Wolfe through Island Deseronto wireless and DSL St. Isidore services. The remaining 3,460 have access to the same Adolpustown Mississippi speeds Mills via satellite services. PRINCE EDWARD LANARK Madoc Marmora Tamworth Tweed Inverary orwood Campellford Selby Newburgh h Hastings Thurlow Warkworth Frankford Belleville Collins Bay Deseronto Adolpustown tario Coe Hill Chalk River Gilmour PRINCE EDWARD McDonalds Newburgh Business Parks Avonmore Nexicom will build fibre connections Chestervilleto the Fincharea around Long Sault Highway 7 and Highway 28. Smiths Falls Prince Edward County St Embrun UNI Russell Crysler STO Avonmore A Chesterville Finch Lo South Mountain Ingleside LANARK Smiths Falls Morrisb Seeley s Bay Mallorytown Plantagenet Alfred Three new or improved internet access points were built in Prince Edward County as part of the fibre optic backbone. Improved local access was created by, with new Wolfe Island wireless internet services that went live throughout the area in spring 2012. Nearly all households in the County, about 11,740, have access to internet speeds of 10 Mbps or higher through expanded wireless services. Those who are unable to get service due to terrain issues can get access through satellite services. The McFarland Development will get improved fibre internet access from Cogeco. Hawkesbury Glen Robertson Embrun Russell Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Martintown Lancaster Glen Walter South Mountain Ingleside Morrisburg Lachute St. Eugene Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 11

N ooderham Whitney Wilberforce Laurentian Hills Petawawa Kramer Subdivision Pembroke Coe Hill Gilmour HASTINGS LANARK Apsley Falls Burleigh Falls Nephton ETERBOROUGH Marmora Madoc Havelock Tamworth Tweed Bell Aliant Seeley s Bay Mallorytown Lakefield Inverary enorth Norwood Campellford April 2014 Bell Aliant eterborough Hastings Selby Newburgh Thurlow Warkworth Frankford eboro Belleville Collins Bay Wolfe Island Roseneath Deseronto Trenton Castleton ORTHUMBERLAND Adolpustown prings Brighton Grafton Colborne Cobourg PRINCE EDWARD Hope Wellington ke Ontario Rolphton Deep River Chalk River Cobden Golden Lake Killaloe Eganville Douglas Barry s Bay Renfrew Braeside Foymount RENFREW Arnprion Palmer Rapids Maynooth Bancroft Cardiff Denbigh LENNOX AND Beachburg McDonalds The speed of business and personal interaction today demands access to high-speed communications, and expanded and improved broadband is critical to the economic and community development future of the County. Peter Emon, Warden Renfrew County Smiths Falls Renfrew County In Renfrew County, a large and sparsely populated county, EORN expanded service by building on the previous Rural Connections broadband project. Sixteen new or improved internet access points were built off the fibre optic backbone in the County. Local access has been built Lachute through two zone contracts: L Orignal In the west, expanded Rockland Hawkesbury Plantagenet wired Alfred DSL access was completed by Bell Aliant in PRESCOTT the fall AND of 2013. RUSSELL St. Eugene St. Isidore Glen Robertson In the eastern and upper reaches of the County, Bell Alliant expects to complete Embrun construction by end of April 2014. Russell Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Work was delayed Avonmore by the need to upgrade utility poles to Chesterville Finch accommodate the new services. Martintown Utility Lancaster repairs resulting Long Sault Glen Walter South Mountain from winter storms Ingleside may continue to slow this work. Morrisburg In all, 21,815 households will have access to internet speeds of at least 10 Mbps through DSL services, with an additional 12,825 having access to internet speeds in the 6 to 10 Mbps range. The remaining 4,935 households have access to similar speeds through enhanced satellite packages. The County s whitewater rafting attractions draw 60,000 visitors per year. Enhanced business coverage will allow tourism operators to provide improved broadband services to guests. A total of seven business parks or clusters in Renfrew County will see enhanced fibre optic internet connections from either Bell Aliant or Cogeco. Bell Aliant will build improved access to: Petawawa Industrial Park Renfrew Industrial Park Highway 41/Highway 17 cluster in the Township of Laurentian Valley Barry s Bay Business Park Pine Grove Business Park in McNab-Braeside Cogeco will build improved access to the following Whitewater business areas: Grant Settlement Road area Greenwood Road area 12 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

vna ENAC NTY D Renfrew Braeside Arnprior McDonalds LANARK Smiths Falls amworth Seeley s Bay Inverary Newburgh Collins Bay Wolfe Island o dolpustown March 2014 March 2014 April 2014 Russell Embrun Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Avonmore Chesterville Finch Martintown Long Sault Glen Walter South Mountain Ingleside Morrisburg LEEDS AND GRENVILLE Mallorytown Bell Aliant & Storm Bell Aliant PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL St. Eugene St. Isidore Glen Robertson United Counties Lancaster of Leeds and Grenville The fibre optic backbone created sixteen new or improved internet access hubs in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. To deliver local connections from these access points, several ISPs were involved: Storm has completed expansion of its wireless services in the northern part of the United Counties. Bell Aliant is also working to expand DSL service in the area and should complete the work by the end of March 2014. The southern half of the United Counties will see an expanded wireless network from by March 2014. In all, 39,935 households will have access to internet speeds of 10 Mbps or higher and the remaining 2,110 households can access similar speeds through improved satellite packages negotiated by EORN. Bell Aliant is connecting high-speed fibre to the Elizabethtown-Kitley Business Park, the Business Park and the Gallipeau Business Park in Rideau Lakes. It is also putting in fibre connections at three business park locations. Cogeco will build fibre connections to the Gananoque core business area. We are very excited and thankful for the efforts by the County of Renfrew and Eastern Ontario Regional Network to finally bring broadband service to Whitewater Region. This will allow us to move forward with new business development, reliable online booking and communications with our guests and enable us to meet our guest expectations for high bandwidth communications during their stay with us. Margaret Maloney, Owner RiverRun Rafting and Wilderness Resort Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 13

asson-angers lmer Embrun Russell Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Avonmore Chesterville Finch Martintown Lancaster Long Sault Glen Walter South Mountain Ingleside ls Morrisburg OUNTIES GRENVILLE ens Mallorytown Lachute L Orignal Rockland Plantagenet Alfred Hawkesbury PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL St. Eugene St. Isidore Glen Robertson April 2014 Bell Aliant & Bell Aliant & United Counties of and Russell There are 13 new or improved internet access hubs located in the United Counties of and Russell. Local access was improved by several ISPs: expanded wireless services in the area around Embrun. These were the first new services built through EORN, launched in December 2011. and Bell Aliant built new services across the majority of the United Counties. The expanded wireless from and DSL from Bell Aliant launched in summer 2013. Bell Aliant and have nearly completed construction along the Counties southern border with Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Delays were due to local approval processes. Both ISPs should be finished by end of April 2014. In all, 25,750 households will have access to services at 10 Mbps or more through wireless or DSL. The remaining 580 households can access similar speeds through improved satellite packages. Two business parks, Industrial Park and the Rockland Business Park, will be connected to improved high-speed fibre from Bell Aliant. The Vars Business Park in Russell will receive service from Storm Internet. The higher speed internet has truly allowed us to flourish in the community. It s allowed us to grow in the community where we started and where we want to stay. Ian MacGillivray, Network Assistant Beau s All Natural Brewing Company 14 Eastern Ontario Regional Network Project Update January 2014

Lachute COUNTIES ND GRENVILLE oledo nie Mallorytown Rockland L Orignal Plantagenet Alfred Hawkesbury PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL St. Eugene St. Isidore Glen Robertson Embrun Russell Crysler STORMONT, DUNDAS Avonmore Chesterville Finch Martintown Lancaster Long Sault Glen Walter South Mountain Ingleside Falls Morrisburg April 2014 April 2014 Bell Aliant & Storm Bell Aliant & United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry There are 18 new or improved internet access hubs located in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Local access was improved by several ISPs: Most of the United Counties will be served by new construction from Bell Aliant and, which is nearly complete. Delays are due to local site approval processes and construction challenges with the laying of local fibre. Both ISPs should be finished by end of April 2014. Storm Internet, a locally based ISP, has completed construction of its new wireless network in the northwestern part of the Counties. Bell Alliant expects to complete construction of improved DSL services in this area by end of April 2014. In all, 24,920 households will have access to wireless or DSL internet services at 10 Mbps or higher, and the remaining 1,890 households can access these speeds through improved satellite packages. Bell Aliant will build fibre connections to the following business parks: Cove Business Park Industrial Boulevard area Morrisburg Industrial Park Ingleside Industrial Park Long Sault East Industrial Park in South Stormont Business Park, Saunders Drive Business Park and Walrich Business Park, all in Expanding high-capacity, highspeed internet fibre to these business parks will help our communities to attract and retain local businesses It is a real boon for economic development. Eric Duncan, Warden United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry The expansion of the fibre optic network is particularly timely given the Municipality s current initiative to extend roadway access to additional lands in the Morrisburg Business Park. Both are important infrastructure developments and will help support the expansion of existing businesses and make the location competitive in the attraction of new business. Nicole Sullivan, Economic Development Officer Township of South Dundas. Project Update January 2014 Eastern Ontario Regional Network 15

For more information, contact: Lisa Severson Communications & Stakeholder Relations Officer Eastern Ontario Regional Network Phone: 613-925-7010 Email: info@eorn.ca www.eorn.ca Internet Service Partners Contact Information: Bell: 310-BELL Communications Inc.: 1-866-943-8632 Storm Internet: 1-866-257-8676 Nexicom: 1-888-639-4266