WHITEHOUSE and YELLOWKNIFE – Northwestel announced today it received approval from the CRTC to lower its unlimited home Internet rates by $10 per month, with the rate changes being made effective immediately.
“Northwestel will also be upgrading all home Internet 125 and Internet 250 monthly data plans to unlimited Internet at no additional cost,” a press release explains.
The company currently has unlimited Internet plans available in the Northern communities of Carcross, Dawson City, Upper Liard, Watson Lake and Whitehorse in the Yukon as well as Behchokǫ̀, Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik, Norman Wells, and Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and in Fort Nelson in B.C.
“We’re really accelerating the pace of customer improvements in the North. Over the last year and a half, Northwestel has introduced unlimited Internet to the North and doubled the number of communities with access to fibre Internet. Now we’re making our unlimited plans more affordable by reducing rates by $120 per year,” said Northwestel president Curtis Shaw, in the press release.
“Over the next year, we look forward to further improvements like bringing even more communities into our fibre footprint and providing faster available Internet speeds to our customers.”
Northwestel, which is a subsidiary of Bell Canada, needs CRTC approval to make any changes to its Internet packages and rates. The company filed the application to reduce its rates in April 2021.
For more on today’s announcement, including a list of pricing, please click here.
