Bragg Communications

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For other meanings of "EastLink", see Eastlink (disambiguation)

Bragg Communications Inc., doing business as EastLink, is a group of companies providing the incumbent cable television services, as well as competitive internet and wireline telephone services, serving nearly all major centres of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, as well as Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.

In addition to the Bragg Communications name, EastLink's cablesystems 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.

Canada's fifth-largest cable TV provider, EastLink has become a leader as the first major Canadian cable company to offer competitive local telephone service in its territory, putting significant pressure on incumbent carrier Aliant in its territories.

It was one of the first companies in North America to bundle digital cable and broadband Internet services with mobile phone service (through a reselling agreement with Rogers Wireless.

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