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Prince County Internet Primer

Peter Rukavina
September 25, 2016

Prince County Internet Primer

A presentation to constituents of Robert Morrissey, MP at a Town Hall on Rural Internet Access, September 23, 2016 at St. Louis Community Centre, Prince Edward Island.

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September 25, 2016
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  1. Bandwidth,
    Usage & Bundles
    A Prince County Internet Primer
    A Presentation by Peter Rukavina
    to the Town Hall Meeting on Rural Internet Service
    St. Louis Community Centre, September 23, 2016

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  2. JULY 18, 1993
    CRAFTS SUPPLIES INFORMATION AVAILABLE
    Craftspersons looking for information on sources of supplies, materials, or
    equipment can now send electronic mail to address:
    [email protected]
    Please put "WANTED:" at the beginning of your subject line.
    The "PEI Crafts Information Service" is service of the non-profit PEI Crafts
    Council in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. We have an ever-growing
    database of suppliers, covering all of the various crafts media; while we are
    still in the midst of information gathering and data entry, there is much useful
    information available now and we will respond to inquires as best we can.
    The bulk of our suppliers-on-file are located in North America, roughly half in
    Canada and half in the U.S.A. We can answer questions like "give me a list of
    the ceramics suppliers east of the Mississippi," "where can I get a rug hooking
    kit," or "who sells ConeArt kilns?" We can provide address, telephone, fax,
    WATS number, a list of products sold and, where we have a catalogue on file,
    more detailed information about specific products. We also track consumer
    experiences with suppliers when we receive it. Actual contact with suppliers
    for information and ordering is left to craftspersons themselves; we'll just
    help find them.

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  3. Who am I?
    reinvented

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  4. Who am I?

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  5. Who am I?

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  6. The Unfulfilled Promise
    March 26, 1997
    For immediate release
    PEI Transformation From Canada's Smallest Province To Canada's Smartest Province
    Premier Pat Binns today announced a bold initiative designed to catapult Prince Edward
    Island (PEI) into the forefront of the Information Age, recasting it from Canada's smallest
    province to the country's smartest province. The project is meant to create a massive
    increase in technology use in PEI, and revolutionize the way the world views the province.
    PEI, in cooperation with Island Tel Advanced Solutions, Newbridge Networks and Sun
    Microsystems of Canada Inc., has begun building one of the most pervasive broadband
    communications networks in the world. Stretching from one end of PEI to the other, and
    joined by fibre optics to the mainland, the PEI Broadband Network will offer citizens,
    students, educators, business and government networked applications at some of the
    lowest costs available anywhere.

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  7. A successful, modern economy
    and a successful modern
    education system are based on
    the universal, equitable
    availability of affordable Internet
    service.

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  8. Bandwidth
    “How Fast?”

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  9. Bandwidth
    • The size of the “pipe” connecting you to the Internet.
    • Measure in “Megabits per second” – Mbps.
    • Two numbers – “down” and “up” – tell you
    bandwidth from Internet to you, and from you to
    Internet.
    • Bigger number = more capacity.
    • Sometimes they only advertise the “down.”

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  10. Bandwidth

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  11. Bandwidth
    You can test your bandwidth at sites like SpeedTest.net.

    Here’s the result in my Charlottetown office:

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  12. My Office – 150/50

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  13. My House – 20/2

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  14. Usage
    “How Much?”

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  15. Usage
    • How much flows up and down the “pipe”.
    • Every time you visit a website, watch a Netflix show,
    upload a YouTube video, sync you phone, data
    flows up and down the Internet to you.
    • Some providers “cap” your usage, some don’t, and
    some “sort of” do.

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  17. Delivery
    “How?”

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  18. Delivery
    Wired Wireless

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  19. Delivery
    Wired Wireless
    Fibre DSL Dial-up Satellite Radio
    Cable Cell/MiFi/
    LTE/3G/4G

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  20. Delivery
    Wired Wireless
    Fibre DSL Dial-up Satellite Cell/MiFi/
    LTE/3G/4G
    Radio
    Cable

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  21. St. Louis Community Centre
    3563 Union Rd, St. Louis

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  26. Provider Down Up Monthly Install Technology
    Bell Aliant 7 0.6 $88.45 $49.95 DSL
    Eastlink n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
    Route 2 5 1 $59.55 $99.00 Wireless
    Xplornet* 10 1 $69.99 $49.00 Satellite
    St. Louis Community Centre
    * with 75 GB cap

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  27. Provider Down Up Monthly Install Technology
    Bell Aliant 7 0.6 $88.45 $49.95 DSL
    Eastlink n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
    Route 2 5 1 $59.55 $99.00 Wireless
    Xplornet* 10 1 $89.99 $49.00 Satellite
    St. Louis
    Provider Down Up Monthly Install Technology
    Bell Aliant 150 50 $105.95 $0 Fibre
    Eastlink 20 2 $79.95 $0 Cable
    Charlottetown
    * with 75 GB cap

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  28. In other words…
    I have
    1400% more bandwidth 

    in my Charlottetown office 

    than it’s possible to 

    buy in St. Louis for only 

    17% more per month.

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  29. Providers
    “Who?”

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  30. AirTech Communications

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  31. AirTech Communications
    • Wireless network from dedicated base stations.
    • Bandwidth of up to 8 Mbps down/5 Mbps up.
    • $64.95 to $99.95 per month.
    Wireless

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  32. Bell Aliant
    • Fibre optic (glass) cables run directly to the home.
    • Sometimes called “Fibre to the Home” or “FTTH.”
    • Very, very high bandwidth (up to 940/100).
    • Available to “most residents in Summerside,
    Miscouche, O’Leary and Alberton.”
    • $88.95 to $149.95 per month.
    Fibe (Fibre Op)

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  33. Bell Aliant
    • Uses the regular old copper telephone network.
    • Limited by your distance from the switch.
    • Thus, not available everywhere there are phones.
    • Maximum 7 Mbps down/0.6 Mbps up.
    • $88.45 to $98.45 per month.
    High Speed (DSL)

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  34. Bell Aliant
    • Uses the cell phone network.
    • Provided by Bell Aliant, through arrangement with
    the Province, only in areas where Fibre nor DSL is
    available. Known internally as “PEI wireless rural
    Internet plan.”
    • “Kneecapped” to have same bandwidth as DSL.
    • Same $88.45 to $98.45 per month as DSL
    Mobile/Cell (MiFi)

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  35. Eastlink
    • Uses the cable television network, backed by fibre.
    • Limited to “Summerside, Alberton and Tignish.”
    • Pricing and bandwidth information not published.
    Cable

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  36. Island Telecom (Route 2)

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  37. Island Telecom (Route 2)
    • Wireless network from own base stations.
    • Bandwidth of 5 Mbps down/1 Mbps up.
    • Service is location and weather-dependent; trees,
    especially with water, can interfere.
    • $59.99 per month.
    Wireless

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  38. Xplornet
    • Uses a satellite dish.
    • Limited to 10 Mbps down/1 Mbps up.
    • Pricing heavily dependent on usage: $49.99 for
    10GB of usage) to $109.00 per month (for 100GB
    of usage).
    • Launching a new satellite to support bandwidth of
    25 Mbps down/4 Mbps up.
    Satellite

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  39. Xplornet
    • Planned for the end of 2017. Will use a brand new
    network of 25 towers.
    • Funded in part by the federal “Connecting
    Canadians” program.
    • Similar pricing and bandwidth to satellite offering.
    • Gaps in service area (Urbainville/Mount Pleasant)
    and line-of-site required (backup is satellite).
    LTE

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  40. Gotchas
    “Watch Out!”

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  41. “Introductory” Pricing

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  42. “Introductory” Pricing

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  43. Installation & Activation

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  44. Bandwidth Caps
    Early termination fees apply. Activation fee is $0 on a 2 year
    commitment. Monthly service fee includes the rental cost of the
    Subscriber Module Equipment (Xplornet retains ownership of the
    equipment). As such, subscriber modules carry a lifetime limited
    warranty. If for any reason the customer cancels their service the
    customer is responsible for returning the equipment to Xplornet. If
    customer installation requirements go beyond the scope of a basic
    installation, additional fees may apply. Depending on the features of
    your package, if you exceed your monthly usage allowance, your
    service will go into a limited state or you may be billed for data
    used beyond your usage allowance. Once you reach your
    monthly bandwidth threshold on the limited state plan, you will
    be slowed down to 150 kbps. For non limited state packages, an
    additional $2/GB charge applies when exceeding the monthly usage
    allowance. See participating dealer for details. Taxes apply.

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  45. Bundles

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  47. Email Addresses
    • Avoid tying your email address to your Internet
    provider – [email protected] – because once you do
    this, it’s really, really difficult to change Internet
    providers because you can’t take your email
    address with you.
    • Use email services from third parties: free ones like
    Gmail, Yahoo, or paid ones like FastMail.

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  48. Bandwidth,
    Usage & Bundles
    A Prince County Internet Primer
    A Presentation by Peter Rukavina
    to the Town Hall Meeting on Rural Internet Service
    St. Louis Community Centre, September 23, 2016

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