Rogers to invest $80 million in wireless network in the Maritimes
By: calendar iconJune 2nd, 2011 a 10:11am

Rogers to expand Maritime networkGood news for Canadians in the Maritimes: Rogers will invest $80 million to expand the 4G HSPA+ network in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. This will mean better signal strength, faster downloads and more device selection to nearly 1 million more Maritimers, representing a 130% increase over the current population coverage.

By the time work is complete, Rogers 4G HSPA+ network will cover 94% of the Maritime population meaning people in these provinces will be able to get their hands on the latest devices including Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and tablets, all with faster data speeds and stronger signal strength.

When will upgrades begin?

We’ll begin work on the wireless network later this month. New coverage areas will be announced throughout the construction period, which will continue throughout 2012.

If you live in the Maritimes, what new devices are you interested in getting?

Miranda MacDonald is a regular contributor to RedBoard

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  1. REMI says: June 21st, 2011 a 8:10pm

    I hope that they do the upgrades across the board like Bell did. I am between Bathurst and Cambelton I would switch to rogers as the rogers tower is closer. They need to fix the horrible data pricing in orter for pepole to fully enjoy the services. I know that wireless is expensive but come on. 80 $ for 10 gig …. Ideal Reasonable package would be 40 $ for 10 gig 60 for 20 gig 80 for 30 gig. and over usage should only be 5 $ a gig. I bet you they would double if not tripple their customers . Maybe that is what they don’t want. I am unsure of the load that this new system can handle as bell have had problems for about 6 mounts now with random disconnects and huge abnormal latency.

  2. RayM says: June 23rd, 2011 a 2:20pm

    Just to add to the Newfoundland thread … I heard in a all-hands meeting that Cornerbrook was going to get coverage but I didn’t hear when … any idea? Sounds like it is an ‘if’ now!

    I live in Ontario and the family plan is with Rogers (obviously) but we had to buy a Virgin plan for my daughter who’s going to university in Cornerbrook for the next few years!

  3. Sean says: June 25th, 2011 a 5:01pm

    I’d be very interested to see a map of scheduled update areas for NS. Living in the Annapolis Valley (Kingston area) we can’t get anything but Edge. Rogers is alienating an entire military base here which I’m sure would be happy to stay on Bell/Telus if Rogers doesn’t do something now. This should have been done years ago.

  4. tyler says: June 28th, 2011 a 9:21pm

    i live in St.john’s NL and i work 5 minutes from town, literally the instant you leave the city you loose all service, its the worst cell service i have had since the 90′s….i just moved here from Ontario where rogers has good service in most area’s. and if rogers is not willing to invest in more towers here in Newfoundland i see no reason to stay with them as my carrier, its unsafe and leaves me with an uneasy feeling driving in rural areas with no cellular coverage… we all know how NL winters are.. ive used rogers service since 1998 and i can’t even believe i have to leave them… come on iphone 5.. so i can make a worthwhile leap to telus as they have province wide coverage … sorry rogers you knew this day would come with the level of service you are providing..

  5. RogersMiranda says: June 29th, 2011 a 9:46am

    For all those from Newfoundland leaving comments, I just wanted to say that we are listening to your feedback. While I don’t have any details to share at the moment about upgrades in Newfoundland, I have passed on all your comments to our internal team and we’ll be sure to let you know here on RedBoard if we have news to share about your region.

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