REGINA – SaskTel is launching its maxTV Stream IPTV platform and new Internet services in 18 more rural communities.
maxTV Stream comes loaded with over 130 channels, VoD, and built-in apps for accessing Netflix, CraveTV and YouTube, while interNET Extended 25 and interNET Extended 50 service, with download speeds up to 25 and 50 Mbps, respectively, are the fastest rural internet packages that SaskTel has ever offered.
The provincial Crown Corp said that the services are available now in Birch Hills, Lucky Lake, St. Louis, Elbow, MacDowall, Waskesiu Lake, Foam Lake, McLean, Weldon, Hanley, Meath Park, Weyakwin, Katepwa, Outlook, Kenaston, Punnichy, Loreburn and Smeaton.
“It’s been a remarkable 8 months for SaskTel. In that time, we’ve introduced maxTV Stream, our new and innovative entertainment service, to hundreds of households throughout the province,” said president and CEO Doug Burnett, in the news release. “And in that same timeframe, we twice raised the bar for internet speeds in rural Saskatchewan, first with the launch of interNET Extended 25 and again last month with the launch of interNET Extended 50.”
