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July 2010

Rural Connections Broadband Program: formal launch ceremony - July 15th at the Barrie Community Centre, Cloyne

The event will be attended by OmniGlobe Networks representatives, Mayor Ron Maguire, and distinguished guests from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). Representatives will also be on hand to answer questions, provide information on coverage, pricing, contract and schedule installations…

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June 2010

Information meeting - June 19th, 2010 at the Clar Mill Fire Hall, Plevna

OmniGlobe Broadband representatives will be available to answer any service-related enquiries and provide information on packages, pricing and installation details. All welcome.

Official Service Launch - June 4th, 2010 at the Barrie Community Centre, Cloyne

We are pleased to invite you to the Rural Connections Broadband service launch in North Frontenac. The meeting will include speeches by the Mayor of The Township of North Frontenac and OmniGlobe Networks delegates, and will give local residents the opportunity to sign up for the service. All welcome.

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December 18th, 2009

The Township of North Frontenac and OmniGlobe Announce Expansion of High-Speed Internet Services in Under-served Areas of the Region

The township of North Frontenac announces that it has awarded a network expansion contract to OmniGlobe to enhance broadband infrastructure and access in the community. 

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April 3rd, 2009

Broadband Project Serving Kingston-Area Communities

Rural Schools, Homes And Businesses Can Get High-Speed Internet

The City of Kingston's plan to bring broadband services to rural schools, businesses and residents is now complete. The infrastructure project was funded and supported by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; the Limestone District School Board; Utilities Kingston; OmniGlobe Networks; Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation; and the Kingston Economic Development Corporation.

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October 17th, 2008

Rural communities getting up to speed with broadband

(MOUNTAIN GROVE) As the abundance of land has provided more than enough space for housing septic tanks and tile beds, that very feature of space is a detriment to rural broadband access. While the start-up costs are relatively low, for most rural communities availability has been next to none ...

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September 8th, 2008

RURAL CONNECTIONS: WIRELESS BROADBAND ENHANCES RURAL COMMUNITIES

Kingston, ON: On June 30, 2008 it was announced that OmniGlobe Networks, Inc, the telecommunications company that provides cost-effective broadband Internet, satellite and cellular services to remote communities around the globe, was selected to enhance telecommunications infrastructure, through wireless broadband, to the under serviced rural areas north of Kingston ...

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September 8th, 2008

County of L&A to conduct Internet survey

For many residents of Lennox & Addington County living with dial-up Internet service, surfing the World Wide Web is the equivalent to watching paint dry – slow and inconvenient.

But officials with the county are hoping to change all that, as they embark on a survey to find out who has access to high-speed Internet service, and who is still stuck in the technological Neolithic age, with dial-up service.

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July 28th, 2008

Schools close book on dial-up Internet
Montreal-based telecommunications provider OmniGlobe Networks Inc. will affix equipment to the towers that will create a wireless Internet network for the ...

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July 24th, 2008

Omniglobe broadband service
Nigel Maund, from OmniGlobe Networks, made an appearance at Frontenac County Council to talk about the kinds of services his company will be offering once ...

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July 3rd, 2008

Small-town Ontario to get wireless broadband
Utilities Kingston has received $480,000 from the Ontario government to build towers and install fixed wireless base stations and customer premise equipment in sparsely populated areas. The project will connect three schools and bring broadband service to rural businesses.

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June 30th, 2008

REGION'S RURAL WIRELESS BROADBAND PROVIDER NAMED
OmniGlobe Networks is pleased to announce that we have been selected by the City of Kingston to deliver wireless broadband Internet services to residents and businesses located in the rural areas of the region.

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