M argaret Rooney was recently connected to Xplornet’s 100% pure fibre network and is now benefiting from gigabit download and upload speeds. This spring, Xplornet launched fibre Internet in Prince Edward Island! The first customer to be connected to Xplore Fibre was Margaret Rooney in Orwell Cove, PEI. “When the team was here, they said I was the first person in Canada and I was so surprised. How did I, in little Orwell Cove, end up being the first in Canada?” Margaret says. Xplornet is all about having great Internet, regardless of where you choose to live. Margaret describes her backyard as “rolling farmland, looking out on the ocean.” “We know our neighbours, and the kids can run free in the back woods and have fun, and I don’t have to worry about them. It’s beautiful, we can ride on trails through the woods and up into the back forest or go down to the shore and ride the beach. It is very nice,” she explains. Before she was with Xplornet, Margaret had a difficult time with her home Internet connection. “It was so slow that when I taught vet college online, I couldn’t play the videos, join Zoom meetings or upload presentations,” she says. “When you’re teaching from home you need to be able to do these things.” Margaret originally switched to Xplornet because they offered faster service.
“When Xplornet offered me fibre, a direct connection, I was pleased. Plus, I have six children and when school was shut down, they were all on the Internet at the same time as I was working. For example, this past weekend we had two computers, a telephone, and the TV on and all of it worked well,” she says. “Now, where my entire job is online the Internet has to be efficient, effective and reliable. And it doesn’t matter where you live, if your job is making you work online, from home you’ve got to be able to access it, otherwise you lose your job.”
“Now, where my entire job is online it has to be efficient, effective and reliable and it doesn’t matter where you live, if your job is making you work online from home you’ve got to be able to access it otherwise you lose your job.” Xplore Fibre is now available to more than 270 homes and businesses in Prince Edward Island, including the communities of Vernon Bridge, Millview, Vernon River, Pownal, Mount Mellick, Alexandra, Alberry Plains, Belfast, Summerville and Eldon, with more communities across PEI coming soon. Call 1-866-488-2865 or visit xplornet. com/peifibre to see if you can get connected to gigabit speeds today or if the service is coming to your neighbourhood!
- Margaret Rooney
When the team arrived to get Margaret’s fibre connection hooked up, they were pleased to find that she had made them a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies! “The team was fantastic. They were helpful and polite, and they listened to my concerns. They were so pleasant. They wanted to help and wanted to make it better, and it’s rare to see that now. I would make that team cookies any day,” she says. Because Margaret is currently working from home, a strong Internet connection is key to her making a living.
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