WINDSOR, ONT. $19.3-million worth of broadband upgrades will bring high-speed service to 4,584 households in Chatham-Kent. Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology, or SWIFT, announced work to expand high-speed fibre-optic services throughout the municipality and within Delaware Nation Moravian of the Thames community. Chatham-Kent, through contributions to SWIFT, Delaware Nation and service providers, as TekSavvy, are sharing the cost, which supporters of the project see as an investment. “Today’s newly announced broadband investment will bring greater connectivity to further support online learning, increase work-from-home opportunities and unlock greater economic growth potential for businesses throughout the region,” said David Mayberry, SWIFT board chair.
February 3, 2021
Fibre broadband is coming to Chatham-Kent.
Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology, better known as SWIFT, announced this morning the $19-million project will see over 4500 homes and businesses connected to more reliable internet.
SWIFT will leverage $7.4 million in funding contributions made by its member municipalities, including investments from Chatham-Kent, to expand broadband access across the municipality, although there’s no word on what CK’s share of that investment is.
“For a number of years our residents, particularly those in rural areas, have expressed a strong desire for high-speed Internet service,” Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff says. “Council has listened and staff has been working behind the scenes with our partners to bring us here.”