REGINA – SaskTel’s fibre optic network infiNET is now available to more than 200,000 homes and businesses throughout Saskatchewan after launching in 2012.
infiNET is being deployed through SaskTel’s ambitious twelve year, $670 million fibre-to-the-premises program that will bring fibre directly to homes and businesses by upgrading SaskTel’s broadband network in the nine largest urban centres in the province. To date, construction is complete in Estevan, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Swift Current, and Weyburn, while 55% of homes in Regina and 68% of homes in Saskatoon now have access to infiNET.
In 2017, SaskTel will bring infiNET to Rosthern as a pilot project to determine the feasibility of deployment in smaller communities throughout the province.
“Today’s announcement marks a major milestone for SaskTel and the people of Saskatchewan,” said president and CEO Ron Styles, in the news release. “As we eclipse the 200,000 mark we are more than 60% complete our goal to bring infiNET to all the residents of Saskatchewan’s nine largest urban centres. It’s taken a monumental amount of planning and effort to get this far and although a significant amount of the project still remains, I am incredibly pleased with how far we’ve come.”
InfiNET serves up Internet speeds of up to 200 Mbps for downloading and 60 Mbps for uploading, plus allows the company's Max television customers to add up to seven HD set top boxes in one home.
