• PLnet Packet Loss Resolution

    Our Global incident has now been closed. The root cause was identified as upstream vendor hardware failure. Connectivity over the main link to Victoria was re-establish on Friday and the failing component was replaced Saturday. Monitoring done by SSBC showed no further issue since.

  • Planned PLNet Outages

    Please Note: RFC # 75354 Location(s):     Altin, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Fort Nelson, and For St. John RNCs – All users Window:  2011-09-25  06:01 through 2011-09-25  09:00  PDT Impact:  10 minute outage during this network maintenance window RFC # 75606 and #75607 Location(s):     SD62 – All users, Atlin, Dease Lake, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John RNCs – All Users Window:  2011-09-30  00:01 through 2011-09-30  06:00  PDT Impact:  1 hour outage for this Vendor […]

  • SPANBC/PLNet Upgrade for Fort St John RNC

    Our regional service will be upgraded from a 100Mb connection to a 1Gb connection by March 13th. Great news for the communities serviced by our RNC in the North!

  • Copyright Infringement

    We’ve received three copyright infringement notices from our friends at PLNet in the last couple of weeks. Please note that downloading of music, unlicensed (pirated) movies, or unlicensed (pirated)  software on our network (in schools and teacherages) is contrary to the acceptable use policy, board policy, and Canadian copyright law.  Illegally downloading files opens our […]

  • PLNet Future Upgrades

    I’ve been informed that the majority of our schools have been identified due to bandwidth use for upgrades by 2011. This is a big project! The upgrades will move our schools to 10MB fibre optic connections. We may qualify in a few sites for 100MB connections as well. This year we have funded upgrades to […]