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UPDATE - September 1, 2010
Middlesex County and Bell Aliant are pleased to report that 14 towers are now in service. There are 15 towers involved in this project. The 15th tower is new, Ailsa Craig, with construction to be completed and active service to start in October. Residents who are served by the 14 active towers can contact Bell at 1-866-242-0008, provide their phone number and municipal address and request service. For some addresses, an indoor modem will be all that is required; for others that are further from our tower locations, a Bell technician will be required to come to these homes to install an outdoor modem (installation fee will apply).
The County has offered public information sessions in each of the municipalities of Middlesex County served by this project. For further information please contact Marg Rule at 519-434-7321 x2338.

UPDATE - July 28, 2010: Middlesex County Rural Broadband Project
Middlesex County and Bell Aliant are pleased to report that 12 towers (St. Mary's and Warwick are still in progress) are now in service. There are 15 towers involved in this project. Work is underway to complete the remaining 2 installations as quickly as possible. The only new tower is Ailsa Craig with an estimated construction completion this fall. Residents who are served by the 12 active towers can contact Bell at 1-866-242-0008, provide their phone number and municipal address and request service. For some addresses, an indoor modem will be all that is required; for others that are further from our tower locations, a Bell technician will be required to come to these homes to install an outdoor modem (installation fee will apply).
The County has offered public information sessions in each of the municipalities of Middlesex County served by this project. For further information please contact Marg Rule at 519-434-7321 x2338.

UPDATE - July 5, 2010: Middlesex County Rural Broadband Project – Update

UPDATE - April 9, 2010: Middlesex County Rural Broadband Project
Middlesex County and Bell Aliant are pleased to report that installation will be completed on 9 of the 15 towers involved in this project in April. Work is underway to complete the remaining 6 installations as quickly as possible. The next steps in the project are: to verify the connectivity to the towers that are installed, to test the service standards within the tower coverage area and to “ground truth” this area for entry of data into the Bell service network. At that point we anticipate that residents will be able to contact Bell, provide their phone number and municipal address and request service in late April or early May. For some addresses, an indoor modem will be all that is required; for others that are further from our tower locations, a Bell technician will be required to come to these homes to install an outdoor modem (installation fee will apply). The County will be offering public information sessions regarding broadband service at selected areas throughout Middlesex County. The dates for the initial sessions will be announced next week.

UPDATE - February 11, 2010:
Equipment installation is underway and it is expected that WiMax service in Middlesex County will be available in April. At that time potential subscribers will be able to enter their phone number and address into the Rural Connections Middlesex interactive website and initiate installation. There will be more detailed information on the rollout of this broadband service to Middlesex County available in March.

Sept 2009: Rural Connections website launched
The purpose of this venture is to bring High Speed Data access to more residents of Middlesex County, not currently being served.This is a joint venture between The Province of Ontario, The County of Middlesex and Bell Aliant.