XPlorNet Reviews & Service Offerings

Xplornet Communications is a telecommunications provider founded in 2004. The company has headquarters in Woodstock, New Brunswick.

Xplornet states in their mission that they “aim to bridge urban/rural broadband digital divide ensuring that every Canadian, regardless of where they live, has access to broadband, thereby enabling them to compete effectively in the global economy and gain access to essential government and educational services.”

They state that their services are available Canada-wide, “including the hard to reach places.” Xplornet overcomes the normal geographical challenges of providing service to the second-largest country in the World – Canada – by having a vast hybrid network of fixed-wireless towers on the ground and next-generation satellites in space.

In our review, we will look at Xplornet’s Internet packages and services and see how they stack up against the competition.

• SAT 10: 10 Mbps Down, 50 GB Data Usage at full speed, then DataXtend at $99.99 a month. Promotion of $59.99 for the first 3-months
• SAT 10: 10 Mbps Down, 100 GB Data Usage at full speed, then DataXtendat $119.99 a month. Promotion of $99.99 for the first 3-months
• SAT 25: 25 Mbps Down, 100 GB Data Usage at full speed, then DataXtend at $129.99 a month. Promotion of $59.99 for the first 3-month

DataXtend is Xplorenet version of speed throttling. In essence after your allotted bandwidth usage, Xplorenet will throttle down your download speed. In general Xplorenet consumers could end up with about 10% of the original speed they sign up for. For example, a 25 Mbps plan will go to 2Mbps down. A 10 Mbps down hence is throttled down to 1 Mbps.  

For all SAT packages, a $99 installation fee applies

• LTE 5: 5Mbps Down, 50 GB Data Usage at $39.99 a month.

For all LTE packages, a $49 installation fee applies

In our review of XplorNet, we are impressed with their efforts to extend broadband Internet coverage to the furthest reaches of Canada. Bearing that in mind, XplorNet is designed for areas where Internet connectivity is limited or there is little to no coverage. If you live in areas with multiple options, there are probably better choices to consider such as GoneVoIP top Internet Service Providers.

Due to XploreNet system and design, there is, unfortunately, limited data usage available in XPlorNet’s plans, with even their best option, the Xplore25 with a speed of 25 Mbps though only allowing for 100 GB of monthly usage, in this time even for Canada's rural regions is rather little, more so based on the price. 

Features

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Unlimited Bandwidth:
Own Modem:
Rent Modem:
Combo Wireless Modem:
Fixed IP Available
DHCP IP
Extra Protection Plan
DSL
Cable
Email Accounts