Canada’s Bell says it has launched symmetrical 3-Gbps pure fibre Internet broadband in parts of Québec City, with other areas in the province on the short-term roll-out list.
Bell pairs the service with its Home Hub 4000 with WiFi 6. The operator first signaled its intentions toward 3-Gbps broadband this past April.
The company asserts the new service is 2X faster than its cable competition, with an upload transmission rate 30X faster.
The service boost comes as Bell continues to deploy additional fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructure. The company expects to reach up to 900,000 more homes and businesses with fiber across most of Canada this year.
The effort is part of the second and final year of a nearly CAN$10 billion program to beef up Bell’s broadband fiber, 5G, and rural networks.
"Ten years ago, Québec City was the first city in Québec to have access to Bell's fiber to the home technology, and today Bell is proud to introduce the fastest speeds in Québec to its the citizens,” commented Karine Moses, Bell vice chair, Québec.
Moses concluded, “Our customers can now get download speeds of 3 Gbps, 2 times faster than cable and upload speeds of 3 Gbps, which is 30 times faster than cable. We look forward to continuing to deliver the speed and reliability that our customers need so that they can do what they need to do online even faster."
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Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director & Associate Publisher
Stephen Hardy is editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, part of the Lighting & Technology Group at Endeavor Business Media. Stephen is responsible for establishing and executing editorial strategy across the both brands’ websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products. He has covered the fiber-optics space for more than 20 years, and communications and technology for more than 35 years. During his tenure, Lightwave has received awards from Folio: and the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) for editorial excellence. Prior to joining Lightwave in 1997, Stephen worked for Telecommunications magazine and the Journal of Electronic Defense.
Stephen has moderated panels at numerous events, including the Optica Executive Forum, ECOC, and SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. He also is program director for the Lightwave Innovation Reviews and the Diamond Technology Reviews.
He has written numerous articles in all aspects of optical communications and fiber-optic networks, including fiber to the home (FTTH), PON, optical components, DWDM, fiber cables, packet optical transport, optical transceivers, lasers, fiber optic testing, DOCSIS technology, and more.