Residents in rural and remote areas of the Shuswap and North Okanagan will have high-speed Internet access by 2017 thanks to a B.C. government program.
MY BC Datacom Ltd., will use a provincial grant of $106,000 to connect residents of Seymour Arm, Anstey Arm, Skimikin Valley, East Notch Hill, underserviced areas of Salmon Arm, Silver Creek, Tappen, Sorrento, Celista, Anglemont, Eagle Bay, St. Ives, Grandview Bench, Grandview Flats, Larch Crossing and Otter Crossing, Yankee Flats, Glennema, Splatsin Nation, Salmon Valley and rural Armstrong, Enderby, Mara and Deep Creek.
“This investment will improve the quality of life for many people in the Shuswap and North Okanagan,” Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo said. “Families, students and businesses will be connected as never before, giving them all of the benefits high-speed Internet can bring.”
This project is funded through Connecting British Columbia, a $10-million, multi-year grant program that helps to pay for infrastructure required to deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to homes and businesses in rural B.C. It is among nine new projects funded through Connecting British Columbia that will benefit more than 80 rural and remote communities, totalling more than $1.1 million.