First Homeowner is Hooked Up to Fibre

Oh, Happy Day it is official! Sandy and Ruth MacKay of Lyons Brook became the first homeowner to hook up to our MOPC fibre high-speed network. We will test our fibre network throughout the summer with several residents in the Lyons Brook area to ensure it works well.

Crews will continue stringing fibre on poles in the county so that when testing is complete, people can hook up to the service through an internet service provider. Our goal is to have a majority of the homes in rural Pictou County which are eligible for fibre be ready for service by the end of 2023.

Internet service providers leasing our fibre to provide you service will be announced soon. Keep an eye on your mailbox because the information will be coming to you via mail and on our website at www.ruralnet.munpict.ca.

In regard to wireless service, towers are currently being erected. Our towers are expected to be serviceable by the end of summer/early fall.

We know this has been coming long, and a lot of planning has been done to get to this point, but we couldn't be more thrilled to have reached this milestone.

This post was made in May 2022