Fibre optic technology coming to Alma
Alma residents will soon have the option of receiving internet, telephone and television services via fibre optics.
Packet-Tel Corp president John Fagg attended the Jan. 8 Mapleton council meeting to advise council of his company’s plans to bring the communications technology to the village.
The company has been working in the community since 2002, providing data communications to Alma Public School for the Upper Grand District School Board.
In 2010, the company expanded the service, making it available to all businesses and residents.
Fagg explained the company plans to connect approximately 238 buildings to a fibre optic, in-ground service running from the gas station in the south to the residences in the north-end of the community.
“This will be done over the next year depending on conditions and service up-take. The telecommunications engineering is completed and we are prepared to start this project.”
Council gave approval in principal to a draft agreement allowing the company to access highways within the township for the purposes of installation, and directed staff to prepare a bylaw to authorize the agreement.
