Bell Aliant takes top spot overall; Bell
Canada fastest among major service providers
MONTRÉAL, July 3, 2019 /CNW
Telbec/ - Bell Aliant and Bell
Canada have been named the fastest Internet providers in the
country in PCMag's annual Fastest ISPs of 2019: Canada report.
PCMag's intensive testing found that Bell Aliant, which serves
customers throughout Atlantic
Canada, offers the fastest overall Internet in the country.
Bell Canada, serving Ontario and Québec customers, topped the list
for the second year in a row as the fastest major Internet provider
(those with more than 500,000 customers).
"Now in its second year atop this list, Bell Canada's investment in fibre-to-the-home
(under the Fibe brand) continues to pay off, especially for its 2
million-plus customers in central Canada… Aliant's speeds are
something to behold, and worth considering a move to the far east
coast if your internet speed is paramount," PCMag said in its
report.
"Bell is Canada's largest Internet service provider, and we are
proud to once again be recognized as the fastest in the country
too," said Rizwan Jamal, President
of Bell Residential and Small Business. "With our direct fibre
connections, Bell remains the first and only Canadian provider to
deliver access speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second to the home. We
look forward to building on our lead as we continue to deliver the
fastest Internet experience for video streaming, gaming, business
services and other data-intensive applications."
The report also found that Bell Internet service enabled Lévis,
Québec to take the title of Canada's fastest Internet city with
speeds 2.5 times higher than the next highest ranked location. In
PCMag's earlier tests of mobile access speeds, Bell was found to
offer the highest maximum data download and upload speeds, with
Bell's mobile LTE network also powering Kingston, Ontario to the #1 spot in PCMag's
ranking of North America's fastest
mobile cities.
PCMag's Internet speed rankings are based on more than 40,000
tests of Canadian Internet providers conducted from June 2018 to June
2019. For more information, please see PCMag's Fastest ISPs
of 2019: Canada report. Please visit Bell.ca/Internet for more
about Bell Fibe Internet.
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications
company, providing advanced broadband wireless, TV, Internet and
business communication services throughout the country. Bell Media
is Canada's premier content creation company with leading assets in
television, radio, out of home and digital media. Founded in
Montréal in 1880, Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE:
BCE). To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
The Bell Let's Talk initiative promotes Canadian mental health
with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let's
Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access,
research and workplace leadership initiatives. To learn more,
please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
Media inquiries:
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905-614-9596
nathan.gibson@bell.ca
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514-870-4619
thane.fotopoulos@bell.ca
SOURCE Bell Canada