Campbell River is well on its way to becoming the first community on Vancouver Island to establish an open access municipal broadband network.
At its Monday meeting, council approved spending $155,384 for the installation of micro-duct conduit to service strategic locations in the downtown core with broadband fibre.
Construction of the project is expected to be complete by the end of May and, once up and running, will provide affordable access to high-speed Internet for all downtown businesses.
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