Island Telecom

Island Telecom is a small Canadian internet service provider operating in Prince Edward Island. Its headquarters are located in Summerside.

In 2014 a group of ISPs in Prince Edward Island was consolidated under the Island Telecom brand name; it should be noted that name "Island Telecom" is not a registered company name. In January 2015 it was announced that Island Telecom henceforth was to operate fixed-wireless internet service provider Route 2, which had until then been municipally-owned by the City of Summerside. This created a third player in the marketplace behind Bell Aliant and Eastlink. Island Telecom served 20 Mbps throughout Prince Edward Island in 2015.

The member companies of Island Telecom are ISN Wireless, Ruranet, Kennet, and Route 2. The combined companies service the vast majority of the province of Prince Edward Island with a combination of cable, DSL, fibre optic, and fixed-wireless connectivity options. It provides gigabit fibre service under the Optra name in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, making that city one of only a handful in Canada to have true Gigabit fiber service.

Island Telecom introduced digital phone service in 2016, available on the cable, Optra fibre, and next-generation fixed-wireless networks. While the voice quality is very high due to the all-digital technology, digital phone service may not work during a power outage and the company requires customers to have a mobile phone for emergencies such as calling 9-1-1 when electrical power is not available.