Wildblue-telsat explornet modem compatibility

I have asked this question on multiple forums, and (no offense Vic!) gotten several different answers.

I live in a very remote island location in Northern ON Canada.  We are 6 hours from the nearest town, and are island bound for weeks at a time during freeze up and break up.

We use Telesat/xplornet service.  I want to have  spares on hand for when things fail.  I have an extra Tria and modem.  The modem is from WB in the states.  My question is, will this modem work with the Xplornet system without trouble.  I have been told by some that it won't, others that it will. 

I am currently away from the north (and the system so I can't test it) so I would like to find put before I return. If it won't work, then I would like to source a Canadian modem for a spare.  Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Icarus

I was afraid of that.  Thanks for the link to the e-bay.  I suggested that he might have better luck selling it in the US if he had a wild blue Modem. The number of xpolornet modems is quite small.

It does seem kind of silly that they won't swap!

Icarus