Island Telecom
Island Telecom is a small Canadian internet service provider operating in Prince Edward Island. Its headquarters are located in Summerside.[1]
In 2014 a group of ISPs in Prince Edward Island was consolidated under the Island Telecom brand name; it should be noted that name "Island Telecom" is not a registered company name. In January 2015 it was announced that Island Telecom henceforth was to operate fixed-wireless internet service provider Route 2, which had until then been municipally-owned by the City of Summerside.[1] This created a third player in the marketplace behind Bell Aliant and Eastlink. Island Telecom served 20 Mbps throughout Prince Edward Island in 2015.[1]
The member companies of Island Telecom are ISN Wireless, Ruranet, Kennet, and Route 2. The combined companies service the vast majority of the province of Prince Edward Island with a combination of cable, DSL, fibre optic, and fixed-wireless connectivity options. It provides gigabit fibre service under the Optra name in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, making that city one of only a handful in Canada to have true Gigabit fiber service.
Island Telecom introduced digital phone service in 2016, available on the cable, Optra fibre, and next-generation fixed-wireless networks. While the voice quality is very high due to the all-digital technology, digital phone service may not work during a power outage and the company requires customers to have a mobile phone for emergencies such as calling 9-1-1 when electrical power is not available.