- Speed testing shows fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) delivers Canada's
best Internet experience
- Bell is Canada's leading builder of broadband fibre
infrastructure, providing superfast FTTH data connections, creating
jobs, supporting digital growth and innovation
MONTRÉAL, March 31, 2016 /CNW
Telbec/ - As Canada's leading builder of broadband network
infrastructure, Bell welcomes the results of an Internet
performance report commissioned by the Canadian Radio-television
and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), showing that
fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections provide the best Internet
service available in Canada
today.
Released today, the CRTC report finds that Canadians are
benefiting from broadband services from multiple providers that
meet or exceed advertised speeds – and that FTTH outperforms all
other wireline technologies, including the hybrid fibre coaxial
cable connections provided by cable companies.
"Broadband FTTH supports very high speed Internet access for
consumers and business while also enabling the ongoing development
of exclusive product innovations from fast-growing new services
like Bell Fibe TV and Fibe Internet," said Rizwan Jamal, President of Bell Residential and
Small Business. "Canada's Internet providers deliver world-class
broadband speeds and services. Longstanding government and
regulatory policies that have encouraged investment in competing
Canadian broadband networks must be maintained to ensure the
ongoing deployment of FTTH and the outstanding access, speed and
innovation it delivers."
The CRTC report is based on testing of broadband services
available from Canada's 10 major wireline Internet service
providers in late 2015. ISP-specific information is not available
but results consistently show that FTTH networks like those
operated by Bell in Ontario and
Québec and Bell Aliant in Atlantic
Canada provide:
- Superfast download speeds, well in excess of advertised
speeds
- Superfast upload speeds, an increasingly important factor as
consumers share more and more data upstream
- The most reliable connections, with the lowest latency rates
and levels of packet loss and the best web-browsing performance
during both peak and off-peak hours
No other Canadian communications company is investing more in
new networks and product R&D than Bell. In addition to
providing homes and businesses with access to high-quality
broadband access, building new networks supports service
innovation, creates jobs, spurs economic growth, and generates new
digital opportunities for businesses and public service providers,
including governments, schools and health care providers.
Bell plans to invest $1 billion in
2016 to extend the availability of its industry-leading Gigabit
Fibe Internet service to approximately 3 million homes and
businesses in Ontario, Québec and
Atlantic Canada, up from
approximately 2.2 million at the end of 2015. Every annual
investment of $1 billion in FTTH
deployment supports an estimated 19,000 jobs while contributing
approximately $3 billion to Canada's
GDP.
To learn more about the report please visit:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/rp160317/rp160317.htm
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing
consumers and business customers with wireless, TV, Internet, home
phone, small business and enterprise communications services. Bell
Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in
television, radio, digital and out of home media. Bell is wholly
owned by Montréal's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For more
information, please visit Bell.ca.
The Bell Let's Talk initiative promotes Canadian mental health
with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let's
Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access,
research, and workplace initiatives. To learn more, please visit
Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
Media inquiries:
Jacqueline
Michelis
613 785-1427
jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca
SOURCE Bell Canada