Northwestel brings high-speed fibre internet to two northern Alberta communities

Northwestel announced Tuesday its high-speed fibre internet service is now available to customers in Smith’s Landing and Fort Fitzgerald in northern Alberta. Residential customers in both communities can access Northwestel’s unlimited internet packages offering download speeds of up to 700 Mbps, while businesses can benefit from speeds up to 750 Mbps. The high-speed internet service is made possible by Northwestel’s construction of fibre-to-the-home infrastructure in the communities, which the far north telecom completed in December. Northwestel designed and installed the fibre network and will operate and maintain it. This fibre project was initiated by the Smith’s Landing First Nation, who...