TORONTO – Fifteen select office buildings located in Toronto's financial district and uptown in the Yonge/Eglinton neighbourhood can offer their tenants free dedicated, fibre optic-based Internet services thanks to Epik Network's On-Net Building Strategy.
Epik, which describes itself one of the first entrants into the hosted VoIP space in Canada, has wired these office buildings, already on their hosted VoIP network, with fibre optics. This allows them to bring in virtually unlimited bandwidth capacity at speeds up to 1 Gbps.
Once a tenant signs on for Epik’s voice services for 10 or more users, a cost that the company estimates as between $300 – $500 per month, they will also receive 100 Mbps dedicated business grade Internet service at no extra charge. Epik estimates the average comparable in-market cost for this level of Internet service as $500 – $1,000 per month from other providers.
"Businesses today can't run without Internet and building managers are just beginning to learn about the advantages of connecting their buildings and making that a selling feature," said Claudio Nespeca, Epik’s VP operations and marketing, in the news release. "When a business looks at potential cost savings from a move or at the overall costs of a new location, traditionally, they didn't take into consideration the authorized providers of Internet in that building. However the technology component can make or break any savings."
