CityWest finally delivered on its promise to bring high speed fibre-optic internet to Cortes Island.
It has been five years since Victoria Smith, then the Strathcona Regional District’s Special Projects and Sustainability Manager, confirmed that Cortes Island was a proposed recipient for the Connected Coast Project.
Continue reading CityWest finally delivers: some Cortes Island homes already receiving service
Sometime this spring, possibly as early as March, Cortes Island residents will get to choose their internet provider.
After building Twincomm up to the company islanders recognize today, on June 28, 2021, former General Manager Dino Tsakonas left to join CityWest.
In an interview at that time, he told Cortes Currents that this came about as a result of the Connected Coast project, which will bring reliable high speed internet to Cortes Island. CityWest partnered with the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) to become the local provider.
Continue reading Coming this Spring: Cortesians choose their Internet provider
Cortes Island’s new high speed internet system could be live as early as December, otherwise early in 2023.
Randy, from CityWest, gave Cortes Currents a very graphic illustration of what this will mean. I am currently downloading data from the internet at a rate of 21.35 megabits per second (Mbps) and uploading at 6.50 Mbps. Randy discussed plans for up to 100 or up to 500 Mbps, download and upload, depending on how much I wanted to pay. That ‘up to’ is important because customers might not experience these speeds at their computer terminals, but we are still talking about much faster service. He also said there are no limits for the number of gigabytes I could use in a month, hence no overage charges.
Continue reading High Speed Internet could reach Cortes Island as early as DecemberDino Tsakonas, Regional Manager for CityWest, gave Cortes Currents an update on how the Connected Coast initiative to bring high speed internet connection to our area is progressing.
Continue reading Update on CityWest’s progress in our areaCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After more than two decades with local internet provider Twincomm, Dino Tsakonas has become the face of CityWest throughout much of our our region.
Continue reading Dino Tsakonas: the face of CityWest in our area
