Residential Internet

eFirehose Internet is available to most residents in areas North and East of Calgary. Here is a Map of our current and coming soon coverage areas. We do not provide service to residents within the City of Calgary. For more details on our areas of service please contact us.

Residential Packages

The Standard Home Package includes free receiver rental and installation. There are no deposits, credit checks, or contracts.

Standard Home Package:

  • $46.95/month (with early payment discount)
  • Free installation
  • Free radio receiver rental
  • Get $3.00 off your monthly bill with our early payment discount (Regular price $49.95)
  • Includes a public, dynamic IP address
  • 110 GB of traffic per month (100GB download\10GB upload)
  • Unlimited efirehose.net e-mail addresses
  • 500MB of email and web space
  • 7 Day a week telephone support (9AM-9PM weekdays, 11AM-9PM weekends)
  • Next business day onsite support guarantee
  • 99% uptime guarantee
  • Speeds of up to 5Mbit download and 1Mbit upload
  • Referral credit for successfully referring someone to our service
  • Receiver always under warranty for as long as you're a client

Do I have to sign a contract?
Never. All our plans are month to month. We feel that contracts allow providers to become unaccountable for client satisfaction. We keep our clients by keeping them happy, not by locking them in.

What is a referral credit?
When you refer our service to a friend, neighbor, or anyone and they sign up on our service, you receive a credit to your account equal to two months worth of their service. For a residential installation you receive 2 months free service (value of $99.90).

How can I pay for my service or setup fees?
We currently offer several payment methods:

To make a one time Credit Card or Debit payment online:

To subscribe to automatic monthly withdrawl from a Credit Card:

  

Upon completion of the installation we require payment for your first month of service.

Our service is pay as you go. All payments are due at the beginning of the month for which they apply.

Cheques are to be made payable to Community Networks. Cheques sent via the mail can be sent to Unit 12 - 3200 14 Ave NE, Calgary Alberta, T2A 6J4.

Why is your pricing different than in the city?
Our pricing is extremely competitive. Many advertised specials one sees in the media are introductory rates that will increase once you have signed up. When you factor in promotional pricing, the need for a contract and the rest of the fine print, we are often lower priced than the other services on the market. We do not use promotional or introductory rates. The price you see is the price you get. We rely on maintaining long term relationships with our clients, not marketing tricks.

Can you host my basic web site?
Every client on our system automatically has 500 megabytes of disk space set up for them. You may have as many static web sites or e-mail addresses in that space as you wish. Your space would then be viewable at http://youremailaddress.efirehose.net.

If you own a domain name, we can host it for you. For $5 a month we will host your domain name and have it point to your free web space. We also forward e-mail accounts for that domain. (Additional registrar fees are the responsibility of the customer)