Having received approval in late summer, Telus is now aggressively moving forward with laying fiber optic cable across an extremely wide stretch of the St. Lawrence River near where it meets the Atlantic Ocean.
The cable would run from Sept-Îles on the south side to Sainte-Anne-des-Monts across the river. This large-scale infrastructure project It is projected to cost about $20 million. It is partially funded by the Canadian government (up to $7.5 million) and Telus.
“This deployment marks the culmination of several years of careful planning and represents a significant technology inflection point for the North Coast,” said Nazim Benhadid, chief technology officer at Telus, in a press release.
The release also mentions that this cable will be operational within a few weeks of being fully installed. A large cable ship is expected to take 10 to 15 days to install the fiber. When completed, the total length will be about 125 km, and the diameter will be only 3 cm; however, it is buried one and a half meters below the ocean floor, so it should be away from everything else that is underwater. Traditionally, such cables can last several decades.
However, it will likely take longer to build additional infrastructure on the north bank of the river to allow more people to get fiber into their homes.
Source: Telus
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