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Eastlink Won 85% Spectrum Coverage at Fraction of Major Telecoms' Cost
“When the government auctioned wireless spectrum in 2008, the big telecoms brought their consultants and committees. Eastlink brought a simple strategy, run mock auctions, develop fake-out tactics, and know exactly what you need. And they won licenses that cove…”
Parrish: Eastlink was first in North America to offer a triple-play bundle
“Eastlink became the first cable company in Canada to offer telephone service over cable. First in North America to bundle internet, phone, and TV into one package. The first to let customers add or drop channels in real time.”
Bragg: Eastlink is the largest private telecom company in North America
“I think it's the largest private, yes, by far.”
Bragg: Eastlink owns fiber connecting Ireland, Bermuda, and across North America
“If you look at our map, we have fiber from Ireland to Bermuda to the east coast, and then we have fiber going west through, through Chicago and Detroit, through Toronto and up north, and all the way to British Columbia, and a lot of this we own.”
Bragg: Eastlink originally bused taped US TV broadcasts across the border
“We built a tower down at Mount Shamcook on the U.S. Border, and we received the Bangor channels there, taped them, put them on the bus, and of course Halifax got them first. By the time we got them in Amherst, they were two weeks old”