{"id":33386,"date":"2023-08-03T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=33386"},"modified":"2023-08-10T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:30:39","slug":"high-speed-fibre-internet-coming-to-aurora-through-agreement-with-telmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/high-speed-fibre-internet-coming-to-aurora-through-agreement-with-telmax\/","title":{"rendered":"High-speed fibre internet coming to Aurora through agreement with telMAX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Homes and businesses could soon be able to access high-speed pure fibre internet thanks to an agreement between the Town of Aurora and provider telMAX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Announced on July 27, the agreement between the municipality and telMAX allows the provider to begin installing the infrastructure on Town rights-of-way \u201cin the next few months,\u201d said the Town, noting that residents and businesses will be notified \u201cwell in advance\u201d of any construction in their areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a very important project for the Town,\u201d said Mayor Tom Mrakas in a statement. \u201cWe know that Aurorans increasingly need more reliable and faster internet, especially with the massive shift we\u2019ve seen in the number of people working from home. The reality is that access to high-speed and affordable broadband service is now a necessity, not a luxury, especially in today\u2019s economy. And what\u2019s incredibly important for us is that this project will only strengthen the Town\u2019s ability to get critical information to residents and businesses, while also allowing us to explore exciting new initiatives like offering free Wi-Fi at places like Town Park.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Stuart Roberts, CEO of telMAX: \u201cWe have enjoyed working closely with the Town of Aurora to bring 100 per cent pure fibre to neighbourhoods and residents throughout the Town. We understand the importance of high-speed, reliable and affordable internet service whether you need that from working from home, staying connected with loved ones, or just being entertained. We understand this because we live and work in the community. We look forward to establishing more economic and cultural partnerships as we bring Canada\u2019s fastest internet service to all of Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to The Auroran following the announcement, Mayor Mrakas said the provider has undertaken a similar project in Stouffville while another is underway in Newmarket. Other companies \u201cdo pieces here and there, so no one was really ready to commit to doing it as a single project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thought it would be obviously beneficial to our residents and businesses,\u201d said Mayor Mrakas. \u201cWe thought it was a great way to move forward and work with a company that is going to essentially pay for all the costs that would come out of installing this fibre network within our Town. All the feedback I have received so far at this point is people are very excited not only at the prospect of having fibre network right across our entire Town but also looking at the benefits from an economic perspective. I think a lot of businesses are excited at the prospect of the Town having made that available to them where they could have access and could sign up with teleMax. A lot of people are excited about the fact it\u2019s another company other than the big ones. It allows competition, which is always great, which leads to better pricing, ultimately, for our residents and our businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deal, as noted above, will allow Aurora to further explore Town-wide Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The possibility of a municipal service was first floated by Mayor Mrakas in the previous Council and his subsequent motion to have staff explore the possibilities was approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s part of the structure of that original motion to look at the possibility of free Wi-FI and this will provide us with more opportunities to get to that point in time. We\u2019re going to look at our parks first, Town Park as well as many of the other parks, and the great thing about this fibre network is the infrastructure will be there for us to be able to do this, so we\u2019re one step closer.\u201d Further steps in the process, he added, will be coming to Council this fall when lawmakers begin deliberations on the 2024 Municipal Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Homes and businesses could soon be able to access high-speed pure fibre internet thanks to an agreement between the Town of Aurora and provider telMAX. Announced on July 27, the agreement between the municipality and telMAX allows the provider to begin installing the infrastructure on Town rights-of-way \u201cin the next few months,\u201d said the Town, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8Gu","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 17:18:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}