<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Rural fibre based internet is happening. A company originally based in western Manitoba RFNow is has partnered with RMs surrounding Winnipeg. I personally live in Rockwood near Stonewall and am tentatively scheduled to get service installed sometime this summer. I've also signed up for Starlink so we will see which arrives first but in the mid-term I expect the fibre will be the better choice. Starlink requires a completely clean line-of-site to at least 1 satellite and I have lots of trees around my house which gives me a limited view of the sky. Until Starlink has their full constellation of satellites I expect service would not be 100%.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">However, Elie is in the RM of <span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Cartier which is not part of this program, but perhaps they have their own plans.</span><br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.chrisd.ca/2020/09/29/high-speed-fibre-internet-winnipeg-metro-region/">Ground Breaks on New Fibre Optic Project to Connect Manitoba Communities | ChrisD.ca</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://johnq.ca/high-speed-internet/">High-Speed Internet - JohnQ</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>John</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 10:07 AM Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net">athompso@athompso.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>You'd be much better off with StarLink than Xplornet. Up until this point, I think Xplornet survived because they were often the *only* option. That's no longer the case.<br><br>I've never heard of RCML, which proves exactly nothing. I'll ask some folks in the biz.<br><br>Good luck getting fiber, in any case - or rather, it's easy but insanely expensive to trench fiber down a public road.<br><br>-Adam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On March 20, 2021 1:44:50 p.m. CDT, Patrick Murphy <<a href="mailto:jvcpatrick@gmail.com" target="_blank">jvcpatrick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre dir="auto">I'm no longer considering Xplornet; thanks! What about bringing fiber to <br>our farm located south of Elie? Does anyone has any experience with <br>Rural Connections Manitoba Ltd. <a href="https://rcml.ca/" target="_blank">https://rcml.ca/</a> I just found their <br>website today.<br><br>They are offering $150/month 150mbps down and up with a $1,200 rural <br>installation fee. They are based out of Oak Bluff; there is apparently <br>no coverage map on their website.<br><br>They also offer In-Town connections: $80/month for 100mbps down and up - <br>and no installation fee if you sign a 2 year agreement.<br>Patrick<hr>Roundtable mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca" target="_blank">Roundtable@muug.ca</a><br><a href="https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable" target="_blank">https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br><div>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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