[Advisors] Correction FW: First One Gigabit Service Launching in Ontario -- in Muskoka-Parry Sound!

[Norah Fountain CH]

That¹s excellent news ­ Kristina, my apologies. I was misinformed and I feel
badly as I did reach out to Waterfront Toronto (via email, etc) and again
today as it was still worrying me (left a message with an Andrea?). I will
have to make sure the Lakeland people speak to that fact that you are up and
running. You may have noticed I mentioned Waterfront Toronto in my first
note back to Marita et al.

Advisors, I stand corrected ­ Lakeland is the first 1G north of the GTA
waterfront! I encourage everyone to read about the strides Waterfront
Toronto has made as an intelligent community chosen ‹ is it two years in a
row?  I was just so amazed that my area might be first while I still limp
along on Œurban adjacent not quite high speed¹ :)

Thanks, Kristina!


On 2014-03-24, 8:06 PM, "Kristina Verner" <kverner at uwindsor.ca> wrote:

> Great to have another 1GB community in the province! We lit up our services
> with Beanfield Metroconnect March 2013 to the first residents of the
> waterfront neighbourhood in Toronto.  I look forward to collaborating to see
> what great innovative capacity we can build leveraging this infrastructure!
> 
> Kristina 
> 
> kristina verner | director, intelligent communities | Waterfront Toronto |
> 1310-20 bay street | toronto, ON M5J 2N8 | t. 647-288-8046 | c. 647-286-9053 |
> e. kverner at waterfrontoronto.ca | w. www.waterfrontoronto.ca
> <http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca>
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:55 PM, "James Van Leeuwen" <jvl at ventus.ca> wrote:
> 
>> That's great news, congratulations to the five communities involved.
>> 
>> I will be drawing attention to this initiative here in Alberta.
>> 
>> JvL
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 24, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Norah Fountain CH <norah at creativehouse.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> FW: First One Gigabit Service Launching in Ontario -- in Muskoka-Parry
>>> Sound! 
>>> Dear Telecom Canada advisors and friends, I thought this release may
>>> interest you and wanted to give you a first heads up. For the writers and
>>> those interested in learning more on this list, please reach out to the
>>> contacts on the release (as I¹m going in for some surgery tomorrow so won¹t
>>> be around.) Hope you don¹t mind me sending this to the list. The press
>>> release goes out tomorrow via CNW. If you feel it appropriate, would love it
>>> if you would share with your other networks, such as our CIRA friends.
>>> 
>>> Internet connectivity just took a big step forward in Ontario.
>>> 
>>> Lakeland Networks is rolling out the first 1 Gigabit fibre service in
>>> Ontario to present fibre customers in Muskoka and Almaguin starting in
>>> April. A press release from Lakeland Networks is attached for your
>>> information (and pasted in below for your convenience).
>>> 
>>> This is a significant first and this level of fibre service is considered
>>> foundational for the knowledge based economy in Ontario and Canada.
>>> 
>>> What does 1 Gigabit mean?
>>> €You could download an entire 14GB digital movie in less than two minutes OR
>>> you could download hundreds of high quality digital photos at the same time.
>>> In comparison, a small email uses about 2KB of data while a high quality
>>> digital picture can use up to 10MB. Many businesses in Muskoka today cannot
>>> email a 10MB photo (let alone a 1MB photo!).
>>> 
>>> There was a hint of this announcement at the One Gigabit Summit recently in
>>> Gravenhurst. Now it¹s official and some fibre customers in towns like
>>> Bracebridge will be hooked up to the fastest Internet in just a matter of
>>> weeks.
>>> 
>>> For interviews about what 1 Gigabit means for our region, contact Bill
>>> Gispen or Chris Litschko (he will be travelling starting Sunday so would
>>> need to be reached before then at 888-282-7711 ext 224).
>>> 
>>> PRESS RELEASE with Contact info attached and pasted in below. 

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