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Many Springwater Township residents are tired of slow internet speeds and some have decided together to take a more proactive approach to bring fibre-optic speeds to their homes. “Simcoe County is pretty big and there’s not great service everywhere.

History. They haven’t knocked on our doors to ask us if we want them to apply for the grant. “It should be fast enough for people to work from home. I think every politician has spoken about it for a very long time. That’s much, much harder, but it would see us applying for SWIFT grants to run fibre down to our neck of the woods,” Kerk told Kerk’s committee has put together money to hire a private consultant who specializes in network design to look at what it would take to build the required infrastructure.He said the average speeds in Springwater currently hover at around five megabits per second download speed/0.5 megabits per second upload speed.“They’re just not adequate for us to do really anything ‘new’ on the internet, like having a Zoom meeting or having your kids attend school taking online courses, or even watching Netflix,” he said.The benefit of organizing is the group can combine the survey data with a pledge to commit a certain number of customers and make a business case to bring internet to the area.“That will allow us to then approach companies such as Vianet, Rogers or Bell to show them (we’ve done) the legwork. On July 22, a new committee of community members, led by resident Jeff Kerk, held a meeting at his property in the township. TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGWATER ***** The water and fire bans have been lifted for parts of Springwater; however both bans remain in effect for anyone on the Snow Valley Water System, which includes the Snow Valley Highlands, Snow Valley Lowlands and Centre Vespra. We had signed up to attend and take notes from the Springwater township meeting on April 13, 2020. Springwater was formed in 1994 through the amalgamation of Flos and Vespra Townships, together with the Village of Elmvale and a portion of the former Township of Medonte. The committee has been collecting surveys from residents on the issue, with about 60 people completing the survey so far.And if a major company won’t step up with high-speed, the group is planning to take matters into their own hands.“We are wanting to let internet companies know we exist and are willing to work with a company to come to us. The Township thanks residents for their patience. The trick is finding a company that is willing to do it.“We’re willing to partner with any company that wants to do it, and if we’re passed over this time, we’re going to explore options to do it ourselves,” said Kerk.Kerk said he’s received a few estimates for what the total cost would be to bring fibre-optic internet to a rural municipality, however he declined to provide the number to “There are also different ways of doing it (that will impact cost), such as using satellite dishes to broadcast internet to remote communities,” he said. Main Street 'deficiency' work will be taking place next week Communities. I work in radiology for my job, and I have doctors that need to be able to look at very large X-ray files and they would never be able to live in this community.

There have been grant packages presented in the past and rural communities are still under-served.”“I’ve been hearing about (SWIFT) for about seven or eight years now. About 60 people attended the outdoor, socially distanced gathering to discuss internet rates, speeds and what can be done to get high-speed internet out to the rural area. They may or may not,” said Kerk. TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGWATER ***** SPRINGWATER TWP. New storm pipe to be built in Penetang The fire ban prohibits all outdoor burning and fire permits in this area are void until the ban has been lifted.

Redevelopment at Simcoe Manor slated for completion in 2024 Gypsy moth population surging in northern Simcoe County April 13, 2020 Springwater Town Board Meeting Cancelled. But, we don’t know if they’re doing that. When evaluating and selecting projects for funding, SWIFT takes into consideration the ability to provide 50/10 service or greater, number of premises passed, future scalability of the network, and service provider contribution proportion.The Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and SWIFT have said they’re committed to achieving the interim goal of providing 50/10 broadband services to 95 per cent of the population within the region by 2025.However, according to Kerk, just because the grant funding is available doesn’t mean companies will choose to apply for it.“We might find, come Sept. 11, that say Bell has committed to a plan to bring internet to Springwater, and that would be fantastic. They haven’t knocked on our doors to ask us if we want them to apply for the grant. – The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has directed the Township of Springwater to take precaution on Thursday, July 30, 2020 due to an adverse water quality sample for the Phelpston Water System. Then, once enough people in one area sign on for the service, crews are hired to run cables to individual houses. Gypsy Moth population is surging in North Simcoe

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