Community Bulletin

Explore this page for news, updates, and educational articles to ensure you’re getting the most out of your Northern Lights Fiber internet connection.

Esports Scholarships: What You Need to Know 

A female gamer is totally absorbed in the game while competing in an online competition If you have a gamer in your life, whether it’s your own kid or a family friend’s child, you likely know how much video gaming is integrated into their lives. But even beyond the meteoric success and outright appeal of video gaming to young people (and even many not-so-young people), gaming now provides tangible benefits to serious players: competitive esports and esports college scholarships. Parents of...

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Streaming Canadian Sports: Where to Watch Hockey and Football with Northern Lights Fiber

In Grande Cache, the love for two sports runs deep: hockey and football. As Canadians passionately devoted to these games, we often find ourselves eagerly searching for the best platforms to stream NHL and CFL games. Fortunately, with a reliable high-speed internet provider like Northern Lights Fiber, you can experience seamless 4K viewing and stay connected to the action. Canadian Hockey: Where to Stream Ask any diehard fan and they will tell you: hockey is more than just a sport; it's a way...

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Eight Real-Life Ways Fiber Internet Makes a Difference

Student girl in headphones making video call to happy African coach, teacher, tutor, watching learning webinar, blogger online presentation on laptop, writing notes, studying on internet Just about any of our customers who have already made the switch from older forms of internet (like cable) to fiber broadband will tell you that fiber’s advanced technology is vastly superior to anything else they’ve used. From downloading files at near-lightspeed, to voluminous amounts of available bandwidth...

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Six Online Payment Options for Your Small Business

Small businesses and their leaders have way too much going on to spend time tracking down invoices or waiting for the bank to process payments. Fortunately, advanced internet-based payment systems have substantially cut down paperwork processing, as well as the time it takes to receive funds. Below we highlight six of the best online e-commerce and in-person payment options available for small businesses today. When connected to Northern Lights Fiber's fiber network, your small business can...

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Connecting Community Anchor Institutions: Why Local Matters

At Northern Lights Fiber, we’re proud to be known around Grande Cache as the best internet provider for residents and businesses. But did you know that we also support a third group with our high-speed fiber internet network? Today, we’re taking a moment to celebrate local community anchor institutions. Read on to learn more about this important group—and how, as a local company ourselves, Northern Lights Fiber is committed to keeping them connected. What Are Community Anchor Institutions?...

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Is Starlink Right for Rural Communities?

Is Starlink Right for Rural Communities?

Xpay.com, Tesla Inc., and SpaceX are just a few of Musk’s brainchildren, and the latter was founded in 2002 with the mind-boggling goal to colonize space. No matter how you may feel about him, you’ve certainly got to hand it to Musk: when it comes to ideas, the sky truly is the limit! This brings us to the matter at hand: In 2019, SpaceX announced its latest projects, one of which was Starlink. But what exactly is Starlink? And is it really everything it’s cracked up to be? What Is Starlink?...

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Best Things to Do After Getting Fiber Internet

Best Things to Do After Getting Fiber Internet

You've Made the Change To Fiber Internet So you've made the right choice, switched to Northern Lights Fiber's high-speed fiber internet, and already experiencing faster downloads and improved reliability while you're online. You may be wondering about some of the best ways to enjoy your new fiber internet connection. Well, there are several things you can do to make the most of Northern Lights Fiber's fiber service and improve life in your home. Faster, more reliable internet opens doors to...

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A Thank You To Our New Community Manager

A Thank You To Our New Community Manager

Our Community Ambassadors Just over a year ago, we began a program to introduce a more local presence to our communities by hiring local ambassadors who could represent the company. These ambassadors needed to be a friendly face around town, going door to door and acting as our boots on the ground. Most of all, they needed to have a passion for helping customers solve their problems and serving their community. This effort was a direct result of our desire to ensure that our presence in each...

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Why We Have Scheduled Outages

Why We Have Scheduled Outages

At Northern Lights Fiber our team of technicians, installers, and customer support professionals take pride in delivering the state of the art high-speed fiber internet you’ve come to expect. From responding to weather-related outages, to upgrading our cutting-edge systems, keeping you connected to the global economy and communications network is a 24/7 job—and we love being a part of it! But you may have wondered why we occasionally schedules outages for our network. After all, isn’t the...

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