Bragg Communications Inc., carrying on business as EastLink, is a group of companies providing the incumbent cable television services, competitive internet, Metro Ethernet and wireline telephone services, serving nearly all major centres of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, as well as Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A Metro Ethernet is a computer network based on the Ethernet standard covering a metropolitan area. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English, Canadian Gaelic Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Sackville Waterfowl Park Sackville (, AST) is a town in Westmorland County, located in South-Eastern New Brunswick, Canada, only eight km from the Nova Scotia border and 45 km from the regional city of Moncton. ...

In addition to the Bragg Communications name, EastLink previously operated as Halifax Cable, Viking Cable, Seabreeze Cable, Able Cable and Bay Cable until November 24, 1998. It also purchased the former Access Communications assets of Shaw Communications in 2001. is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For information on the Saskatchewan cable company, see Access Communications. ... Shaw Communications Inc. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Canada's fifth-largest cable TV provider, EastLink has become a leader as the first^[1] major Canadian cable company to offer competitive local telephone service in its territory in 1999 over a fiber optic network.[1] In 2005 the 902 telephone market was the most competitive telephone exchange in North America and this was credited to EastLink's presence in the market. EastLink was also the first provider to deliver local telephone competition to its service area in New Brunswick in 2005.[2] For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ...

It was one of the first companies in North America to bundle digital cable and broadband Internet services with mobile phone service (through an agreement with Rogers Wireless). Product bundling is a marketing strategy that involves offering several products for sale as one combined product. ... Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ... Broadband Internet access, often shortened to broadband Internet or just broadband is a high data-transmission rate Internet connection. ... Rogers AT&T Wireless logo when Rogers wireless division was in partnership with AT&T Rogers Wireless, formerly known as Rogers AT&T Wireless, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications. ...

EastLink also manages a local television channel branded as EastLink Television that serves the company's cable customers. Eastlink Television is Bragg Communications brand for its community channels that serve Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Sackville, New Brunswick. ...

On May 4, 2007, EastLink announced a purchase offer for Persona Inc., for an undisclosed price. The deal is still subject to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.[3] On August 20, 2007, EastLink announced that its acquiring Rush Communications Ltd. of Nova Scotia with customers throughout Nova Scotia, with its largest systems in the Brigdetown area of the Annapolis Valley, the Clare area of Digby County, Milford, Port Hawkesbury, Richmond, Canso, Eskasoni, Mulgrave and Port Hood. [4] Persona Inc. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... Rush Communications Ltd. ... Bridgetown is a town on the Annapolis River in Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Annapolis Valley is a valley in western Nova Scotia, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy. ... Clare is a municipal district in western Nova Scotia, Canada at where St. ... Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Milford is village in East Hants County of Nova Scotia, a small of the village is located in HRM. The official name is Milford Station for post office purpsoses. ... Port Hawkesbury, on Cape Breton Island Port Hawkesbury (2001 population 3,701) is a town located on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Canso (2001 population: 992) is a small Canadian town in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia. ... The Eskasoni First Nation is a First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Mulgrave is a town on the Strait of Canso in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada; immediately across from the town of Port Hawkesbury. ... Port Hood Harbour September dusk, looking towards Port Hood Island Port Hood ( ) is a quiet seaside village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island and the shire town of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

Submarine Cable

In 2004 the company installed a 56 kilometer submarine cable crossing the Northumberland Strait between Graham Pond , Prince Edward Island to Port Hood, Nova Scotia. The installation was carried out by IT International Telecom . [5], A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... The Northumberland Strait (French: détroit de Northumberland) is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern North America. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Port Hood Harbour September dusk, looking towards Port Hood Island Port Hood ( ) is a quiet seaside village on the west coast of Cape Breton Island and the shire town of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English, Canadian Gaelic Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867...

External links

• Official site

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