Omniglobe gone, but service returns

Apr 28, 2011

Residents and businesses in the Mountain Grove, Arden, Plevna, and Cloyne areas, including schools and the North Frontenac Township Office lost their Internet service on Saturday (April 23) when Omniglobe Corporation ceased to exist after declaring bankruptcy.

Adam Conter, who works out of Montreal for Tronos Communications, which he described as a facilitator working with Omniglobe’s creditors, told the News that although “Omniglobe does not exist anymore” the former Omniglobe equipment and service protocols “are in the process of being sold, resold or integrated into a new provider network and once that happens the customers will be contacted by the new provider”

Conter would not tell the News when that is likely to happen, but North Frontenac Township staff member Cory Klatt reported to his council that Conter had told him that the new provider will be announced this week and service will return within a week or so.

Surprisingly, late on Tuesday morning, the service was back up again even though at that time there was no active owner of Omniglobe’s equipment.

Omniglobe received a grant from Kingston Hydro to bring Fixed Wireless Internet to schools in Mountain Grove, Cloyne and Plevna, and also received a grant from North Frontenac Township (funded by the province of Ontario) to bring service to Cloyne and the surrounding area. Reports from customers indicate that until the company ran into trouble, the service they delivered was excellent.