MANITOULIN—An Xplornet Communications official says that all its high speed Internet tower sites for Manitoulin should be live by early May.
“As mentioned, we are pleased to report that we will be acquiring fibre access by the end of this week. Bell will be the provider,” said James Maunder, vice president of communications and public affairs with Xplornet Communications Inc. on Monday of this week.
Mr. Maunder explained, “once our sites are connected, we will be welcoming customers within a week or so. All sites should be live by early May.”
The service is designed to improve both Internet speed and reliability at a fair price as part of a program to deliver more speed and data to rural Canada.
The Xplornet project for Manitoulin includes towers being constructed at several sites on the Island. As Mr. Maunder has indicated previously, Xplornet feels that local residents will be very happy in terms of the level of service, speed and reliability it will provide to customers.
In December 2016 Xplornet announced liftoff of EchoStar XIX, the world’s largest commercial satellite, delivering more speed and more data to rural Canada. The new satellite program tripled the company’s satellite internet capacity.
Soon after the company announced the successful liftoff of ViaSat 2, the highest capacity communications satellite ever launched, Mr. Maunder told the Recorder. “This was launched with a partner in California and was launched in the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.” Visa-Sat 2 is one half of Xplornet’s new satellite broadband program, which triples Xplornet’s current satellite Internet capacity. Xplornet is the exclusive Canadian residential provider on two satellites, the two highest capacity broadband satellites ever launched.
ViaSat-2 is expected to deliver more speed and data at affordable prices for Xplornet’s customers. Xplornet’s new Internet service will deliver the fastest residential speed offered via satellite in Canada, at up to 25 megabits per second (download).
