{"id":3808,"date":"2025-05-13T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumii-marketing.canadacentral.cloudapp.azure.com\/ihr-telecom-celebrates-its-fibre-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:07:22","slug":"ihr-telecom-celebrates-its-fibre-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumii-solutions.com\/en\/ihr-telecom-celebrates-its-fibre-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"IHR Telecom celebrates its fibre anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mont-Saint-Gr\u00e9goire, April 28, 2023\u2014IHR Telecom<\/strong> is celebrating a significant milestone. Fifteen years ago, D\u00e9veloppement Innovations Haut-Richelieu<\/em> was born as a non-for-profit organization to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas not served by the major telecommunications providers. Since its creation in 2008, IHR Telecom has been awarded and completed seven fibre optic network deployment projects. With the last of those projects drawing to a close, it now provides high-speed Internet service to over 20,000 households in the rural communities of the Haut-Richelieu and Brome-Missisquoi RCMs.<\/p>\n

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Marriage of fibre and Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2008, Haut-Richelieu RCM created Internet Haut-Richelieu (IHR) to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas. Selecting Wi-Fi technology, IHR <\/strong>installed an extensive antenna network on church steeples and farm silos that was connected to the Haut-Richelieu fibre optic network.<\/p>\n

Transition from Wi-Fi to fibre<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2014, the Government of Canada recognized the importance of extending high-speed Internet access to rural areas. With the launch of the Connecting Canadians<\/a> program, IHR<\/strong> was able to offer greater speeds by upgrade its Wi-Fi network to fibre optics.<\/p>\n

Second phase of expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2017, the Connect to Innovate<\/a> program was created to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas that remained unserved. IHR<\/strong> was selected to serve several thousand Brome-Missisquoi households that did not have access to 5 Mbps speeds. Internet Haut-Richelieu<\/em> took the opportunity to rebrand as IHR Telecom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A virus and four projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, it underscored the technological gap in rural areas. Residents experienced firsthand the glaring lack of speed for remote work, telemedicine, remote learning and more. With a minimum speed now set at 50 Mbps, governments began subsidizing projects to bring this essential service to unconnected households with the Universal Broadband Fund<\/a>, through which IHR Telecom<\/strong> obtained two projects, and Canada\u2014Quebec Operation High Speed<\/a>, through which it received funding for both a Phase II and a Phase III project.<\/p>\n

IHR Telecom\u2019s 15th anniversary could not be more timely as it coincides with the completion of its final project funded by Canada\u2014Quebec Operation High Speed<\/a>. The not-for-profit plans to mark the landmark occasion by honouring the many people responsible for its achievements over the past 15 years. It will also reflect on its future mission as we all celebrate 15 years of quality telecommunication service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00ab Avec la fibre optique, IHR T\u00e9l\u00e9com a amen\u00e9 le monde, en milieu rural, et par le fait m\u00eame a amen\u00e9 le milieu rural dans la modernit\u00e9 puisque la vitalit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique passe par l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux technologies. Maintenant nos projets pour donner acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la haute-vitesse tirent \u00e0 leur fin, nous entendons continuer notre mission d\u2019\u00eatre au c\u0153ur du d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique de la communaut\u00e9 rurale. \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2013 Pierre Lapointe, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de IHR T\u00e9l\u00e9com & Guy B\u00e9rub\u00e9 pr\u00e9sident du CA<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/em>\u00ab Il fallait y croire en 2008! Et c\u2019est ce que les membres du conseil de la MRC du Haut-Richelieu ont fait, fermement convaincus qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u00e8s lors d\u2019un service plus qu\u2019essentiel! \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2013 R\u00e9al Ryan, pr\u00e9fet de la MRC du Haut-Richelieu<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/strong>\u00ab Le d\u00e9ploiement de la fibre optique, par IHR T\u00e9l\u00e9com, dans plus de 12 000 foyers dans Brome-Missisquoi permet maintenant \u00e0 notre population d\u2019\u00eatre connect\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re efficace. Partout, sur les chemins de campagne, en for\u00eat ou en montagne, les gens ont maintenant acc\u00e8s \u00e0 Internet haute vitesse. C\u2019est une avanc\u00e9e spectaculaire qui ouvre la porte \u00e0 des opportunit\u00e9s incroyables. Merci pour cette belle r\u00e9alisation et f\u00e9licitations \u00e0 IHR T\u00e9l\u00e9com pour ses noces de fibre ! \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u2013 Patrick Melchior, pr\u00e9fet de la MRC Brome-Missisquoi<\/em><\/p>\n

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 <\/strong>Key figures:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • IHR Telecom has over 1,800\u00a0km of optical fibre in Haut-Richelieu and Brome-Missisquoi RCMs<\/li>\n
  • The not-for-profit generates over 100 direct and indirect jobs<\/li>\n
  • In 2019, the CRTC defined high-speed Internet as a connection speed of 50 Mbps<\/li>\n
  • IHR Telecom operates an FTTH network to the highest industry standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    The IHR Telecom team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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