Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada’s leading rural broadband service provider, today announced the next advancement in broadband technology that will bring rural Canadians faster speeds and more data.
Xplornet has entered into a lifetime agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), for substantially all of Canadian satellite broadband capacity on Hughes’ next-generation Jupiter 3 Ultra High Density Satellite.
For rural Canadians, the Jupiter 3 satellite will make Internet download speeds of 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) available. Planned for launch in 2021, the satellite is designed to provide coverage of 90% of Canada’s population and will bring about 50 Gbps of capacity to current and potential Xplornet customers.
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