MCSnet has been connecting rural Alberta since 1995. Fiber, GigAir, and fixed wireless across hundreds of communities, from $49.95/month with speeds up to 940 Mbps. No hidden fees, no call centres, no giving up on the last mile.
CHECK AVAILABILITYOur story starts in 1995 with a simple dream to connect people better, and an experimental antenna made from a rod and a Pringles can. That first invention never shipped, but the attitude behind it did: if the big providers will not build it for rural Alberta, we will build it ourselves. Three decades later, MCSnet is Alberta’s homegrown internet provider, family-owned and headquartered in St. Paul, with a network we own and maintain ourselves.
Our network averages 99.9% reachability, and we monitor it proactively so issues get addressed before they reach your living room. Reliability is not a slogan out here; it is the whole job.
Transparent plans with no hidden fees, and real people answering the phone at 1-866-390-3928. As a family-owned Alberta business, we treat customers the way neighbours expect to be treated.
We live here, so we give back here: free community Wi-Fi hotspots at halls and arenas, local sponsorships, and crews that spend their whole careers connecting the region they grew up in.
From the Lakeland to the Saskatchewan border, MCSnet covers farms, acreages, hamlets, and lake country that other providers drive past. Here is the full picture.
Fiber to the home: we started building rural fiber with our own money in 2019, and our current federally supported expansion is bringing fiber to thousands more rural households, including lake communities that wireless cannot reach through the trees. See where fiber is headed next.
GigAir: fiber-class speeds delivered wirelessly, live in a growing list of towns. No trenching, quick installs. Learn about GigAir.
Fixed wireless: hundreds of towers cover the farms, acreages, and cabins in between, so an address outside town is not an address outside the internet.
Check your address once and we will tell you exactly which technologies reach your home, at which speeds, on our current plans.
Satellite internet has its place, and for some remote locations it is the only option. But if you live in MCSnet country, a ground-based network usually wins where it counts: consistent speeds in bad weather, local support when something goes wrong, and your monthly bill staying in Alberta instead of orbit. We wrote up the honest comparison in why a rural-based provider beats a space-based one, and our team will tell you straight if satellite genuinely suits your location better.
We are building a guide to every area we serve. Start with your region:
Each county guide links every community it covers, including the lakes and hamlets. If your community is not listed, check your address anyway: the network reaches further than the list does.
Rural internet is not one thing. A cabin at the lake needs a connection that handles a summer of streaming and remote work. A farm needs dependable service for grain marketing, equipment updates, and the security cameras in the yard. A rural business needs bandwidth that does not flinch at a video call. MCSnet builds for all three, and because our crews install across lake country and farmland every day, we know how to get a clean signal to the places city providers call impossible.
The honest answer: the best option depends on your exact location. Where fiber or GigAir reaches you, those are the fastest choices. Where they do not, a well-built fixed wireless connection from a nearby tower beats satellite for consistency and support. MCSnet delivers all three across east-central Alberta, so checking your address gives you a real answer instead of a guess.
MCSnet plans start at $49.95 per month, with speeds up to 940 Mbps depending on what reaches your address. There are no hidden fees, and every plan includes local installation and support.
In most of MCSnet country, yes. Our towers cover lake communities across the Lakeland, and our fiber expansion is specifically targeting lake subdivisions where trees and terrain block wireless signals. Check your availability and we will confirm what reaches your lot.
It is already here and growing. MCSnet built its first rural fiber-to-the-home communities in 2019, and our current federally supported expansion is connecting thousands of additional rural households, with construction continuing into 2027. See our fiber projects page for communities on the list.
It takes about a minute, and you will get an answer from people who actually live here.
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