CRTC approves Northwestel Connecting Families packages

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved Tuesday two low-cost internet packages proposed by Northwestel, formally integrating the Bell subsidiary into the Connecting Families program. Effective Tuesday, the approved rates will provide eligible low-income Canadians in Northwestel’s footprint with access to two internet packages: a plan with 15 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload with 300 GB of data for $10, with an overage charge of $1 per gigabyte; and a plan with the federal objective of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload with 400 GB of data for $20 with the same overage charge. There was...