Fibre optic network
Fibre optic network to support all communications needs and future regional growth
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 6 --Bell Canada announced today the final groundbreaking for the laying of its fibre optic cable in British Columbia's Sea to Sky corridor. This installation marks a major milestone in the delivery of Bell's technology solution for the 2010 Winter Games. It supports Bell's and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games' (VANOC) shared commitment to building legacies to help generate future regional growth. During the 2010 Winter Games, the 120-kilometres of cable will be the backbone for all communications needs, including live broadcast feeds to more than a billion viewers around the world, Internet sharing of news stories and photos, Voice-over Internet Protocol requirements and more. Perhaps even more importantly, the installation, upon its completion will help provide local businesses and consumers with leading-edge, world class telecommunication services, products and productivity opportunities.
"While this milestone is a key part of Bell's technology solution for the 2010 Winter Games, it further showcases our commitment to investing in the connectivity and regional growth of Western Canada," said Justin Webb, Vice President, Olympic Services, Bell Canada. "At Bell, we are excited to be delivering on not just our shared promise with VANOC to build legacies for future generations and ensure the seamless staging of a Winter Games, but equally excited to enable local businesses and consumers to access powerful technology that otherwise wouldn't come to the region."
"Today, our shared vision for flawless technical execution of the 2010 Games becomes truly tangible," said Ward Chapin, Chief Information Officer, Vancouver 2010. "Every image we will see on TV, every news story filed, and all Games related data will be delivered on Bell technology. Bell's fibre build is a crucial linkage between our primary host locations connecting the communities of the Sea to Sky corridor from Vancouver to Whistler, and communicating to the world."
Scheduled for completion in November, Bell's fibre optic network will provide seamless connectivity leading up to and during the 2010 Winter Games, as well as support future communications needs like advanced broadband voice and data services delivery in local communities.
"Bell's fibre optic build has the potential to increase business and individual connectivity for the more than 70,000 people living on the Sea to Sky corridor," said Mayor Ian Sutherland, District of Squamish. "We are particularly excited in Squamish about Bell's network build as it will enable increased access to high-speed connectivity, which will be a major driver to increase local business capacity."
In addition to environmental screening, Bell consulted with eight corridor communities plus regional districts and government agencies to identify a fibre path that would minimize the footprint, leveraging portions of the pre-existing rail line, under bridges and through road crossings.
The feature technology is a fibre conduit encasing 144 individual fibre strands (each strand thinner than a piece of string) capable of 40,000 data transmissions per second.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 6 --Bell Canada announced today the final groundbreaking for the laying of its fibre optic cable in British Columbia's Sea to Sky corridor. This installation marks a major milestone in the delivery of Bell's technology solution for the 2010 Winter Games. It supports Bell's and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games' (VANOC) shared commitment to building legacies to help generate future regional growth. During the 2010 Winter Games, the 120-kilometres of cable will be the backbone for all communications needs, including live broadcast feeds to more than a billion viewers around the world, Internet sharing of news stories and photos, Voice-over Internet Protocol requirements and more. Perhaps even more importantly, the installation, upon its completion will help provide local businesses and consumers with leading-edge, world class telecommunication services, products and productivity opportunities.
"While this milestone is a key part of Bell's technology solution for the 2010 Winter Games, it further showcases our commitment to investing in the connectivity and regional growth of Western Canada," said Justin Webb, Vice President, Olympic Services, Bell Canada. "At Bell, we are excited to be delivering on not just our shared promise with VANOC to build legacies for future generations and ensure the seamless staging of a Winter Games, but equally excited to enable local businesses and consumers to access powerful technology that otherwise wouldn't come to the region."
"Today, our shared vision for flawless technical execution of the 2010 Games becomes truly tangible," said Ward Chapin, Chief Information Officer, Vancouver 2010. "Every image we will see on TV, every news story filed, and all Games related data will be delivered on Bell technology. Bell's fibre build is a crucial linkage between our primary host locations connecting the communities of the Sea to Sky corridor from Vancouver to Whistler, and communicating to the world."
Scheduled for completion in November, Bell's fibre optic network will provide seamless connectivity leading up to and during the 2010 Winter Games, as well as support future communications needs like advanced broadband voice and data services delivery in local communities.
"Bell's fibre optic build has the potential to increase business and individual connectivity for the more than 70,000 people living on the Sea to Sky corridor," said Mayor Ian Sutherland, District of Squamish. "We are particularly excited in Squamish about Bell's network build as it will enable increased access to high-speed connectivity, which will be a major driver to increase local business capacity."
In addition to environmental screening, Bell consulted with eight corridor communities plus regional districts and government agencies to identify a fibre path that would minimize the footprint, leveraging portions of the pre-existing rail line, under bridges and through road crossings.
The feature technology is a fibre conduit encasing 144 individual fibre strands (each strand thinner than a piece of string) capable of 40,000 data transmissions per second.
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