Internet and Connectivity

bellmts
BCN
Flex Networks
canarie
Hutterian Broadband
manitoba hydro
MB Internet Exchange
Manitoba network
mrnet
Pembina trails
rogers
valley fibre
Westman
xplore

Fast – Secure – Scalable

MERLIN delivers high-speed, education-focused internet across Manitoba — empowering schools, post-secondary institutions, and government partners with secure, scalable connectivity built for 21st-century learning.

MERLIN partners with private sector network providers to get the best value for money solutions to enable Manitoba schools to connect to Internet services. These organizations include:

  • BellMTS
  • Broadband Communications North
  • Flex Networks
  • CANARIE
  • Hutterian Broadband Network Inc.
  • Manitoba Hydro
  • Manitoba Network
  • MRnet
  • Pembina Trails School Division
  • Rogers
  • Westman Communication
  • Valley Fibre
  • Xplore

MERLIN works in very close partnership with MRnet (Manitoba’s Regional Advanced Research and Education Network), who is Manitoba’s connection to the global high-speed R&E networks through the CANARIE National Research and Education Network.


CANARIE also provides high-speed access to popular Internet based resources and content providers such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others via the CANARIE’s Content Delivery Service (CDS). MERLIN is consistently one of the top three largest users of CANARIE’s CDS in Canada.


MERLIN’s 300Gbps connection to CANARIE provides access for K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions. Approximately 40% of the traffic from education in Manitoba uses CANARIE’s network. This partnership provides significant cost savings as well as shorter, faster paths to services like G-Suite, Microsoft 365, YouTube, Apple and others.

MERLIN’s commercial Internet is currently supplied by BellMTS and Rogers with connections to multiple datacenters, allowing educational institutions to share 200Gbps of capacity (100Gbps BellMTS and 100Gbps Rogers). Both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity is available as part of its Internet gateway services.


MERLIN is one of the largest volume customers of BellMTS in Manitoba and the largest volume customer of Rogers in Manitoba.

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Internet Weather Map

MERLIN staff maintain a service called the Internet Weather Map. This tool provides a point in time view of school division, post-secondary, and independent school Internet usage across the Province of Manitoba. *Usage statistics are updated every five minutes.

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