Fibre is the most efficient avenue to transport data:

• Capacity is virtually unlimited.
• Lowest in latency – Extremely Responsive
• Fibre is passive – Reliability is unmatched.
• Fibre is unaffected by environmental conditions.
• Data can be carried over vast distances.
• Fibre does not propagate electricity.
• Fibre has a long life, and is simple to repair.
• Fibre can transport any data services including Internet, Phone, TV.

The benefits of Fibre are evident; research has concluded premises served by fibre are valued at $5000 more then comparable premises served by other technologies.

Provisioning Fibre in the rural communities is a major undertaking. Infrastructure will be constructed along the roads, new structures containing network elements, and Fibre service lines are required to each premise to deliver the services. EH!tel has applied for subsidies to the Federal Government, and obtained the support of Municipal, County and Provincial agencies to permit the installations along the roadways. The construction initiative is anticipated to take 10 years to enable all premises to be connected to Fibre.  

The cost to bring Fibre to a rural premise is estimated at $2,500/premise. With Federal funding, and private commitments through EH!tel, we have developed packages with competitive rates starting with an installation fee of $199. Once the terms are expired, even better service pricing will be made available.

To register for SmartHub a customer needs to click “New User? Sign up to access of SelfService site.” Live site login URL: https://ehtel.smarthub.coop or through the App called SmartHub made by NISC

Once they click that link, they will need to input three things:
• Billing account number
• Last name
• Email address

Security Questions for Registration Next, you will be required to answer one security question and complete two secret hint questions.

After you click “Submit,” they will a see a message that their registration has been successful, and they will receive an email shortly with a link to verify the account and set the password.

Click on “Verify Account” in the email you received and another window will open.

The technician will install the “Subscriber Unit” to the home using a “Sat Mount”, “Chimney Mount”, “Wall Mount”, “Tripod & Pole”, or on an existing tower. Up to 100ft of outdoor rated Cat5 cable will be run from the “Subscriber Unit” to your home office or entertainment centre (usually your router location). A small hole may need to be drilled to bring the cable into the home or room. The cable is neatly strapped, lagged, stapled or zip tied to the structure (fishing cable behind drywall or through a finished ceiling is subject to surcharge). A POE/power supply box will be the termination point for EH!tel’s service.   Any standard Cat5 cable will connect to it.