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Windsor-based Internet provider MNSi announced Wednesday it is spending $35 million to install high-speed fibre optic connections throughout the city.

The company has finished installing the first batch of fibre lines for about 20,000 homes in Walkerville, Oldcastle and East Windsor. The plan is to continue installing the lines throughout the city, covering as much of the region as possible by 2020.

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The lines — which are capable of providing speeds of up to one billion bits per second (Gbps) — were described in a news release as the “single largest infrastructure build out since (MNSi) began in 1995.”

The move to the high-speed lines will address the explosive growth of streamed movie and gaming content, cloud-based applications and home automation.

The 1 Gbps package will start at $150 per month, which includes unlimited data.

“We were industry pioneers more than 20 years ago, and now we can offer high-speed fibre service comparable to much larger cities,” MNSi owner Clayton Zekelman said in a statement.

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