REGINA – SaskTel is extending its high speed Internet service to more communities in Saskatchewan this week.
Effective Wednesday, residents of Creelman, Elfros, Eyebrow and Marquis may sign on for High Speed Basic Internet, with download speeds of up to 5 Mbps, and High Speed Advanced Internet that offers download speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
In addition, residents of the following 47 communities will now be able to subscribe to faster high speed Internet service than was formerly available with the launch of SaskTel High Speed Advanced Internet: Beauval, Beechy, Borden, Bruno, Buchanan, Carievale, Carnduff, Chaplin, Choiceland, Christopher Lake, Clavet, Climax, Coleville, Drake, Dysart, Earl Grey, Fillmore, Fox Valley, Gainsborough, Glenavon, Goodsoil, Govan, Grayson, Harris, Invermay, Kelliher, Kennedy, Laird, Lake Lenore, Lucky Lake, Marsden, McLean, Meath Park , Middle Lake, Milden, Mortlach, Muenster, Punnichy, Sheho, Spalding, Spy Hill, Star Blanket Cree Nation, Tompkins, Viscount, Vonda, Waldeck, and Windthorst.
This expansion is part of the company’s long-term strategy to increase access to high speed Internet in rural Saskatchewan that was introduced at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities 2013 annual conference. This strategy includes upgrading speeds to 10 Mbps download in over 220 existing DSL communities, in addition to expanding DSL of up to 10 Mbps to 50 additional communities.
“Our government recognizes rural Saskatchewan needs access to high speed Internet,” said Kevin Doherty, Minister Responsible for SaskTel, in the news release. “The world is becoming increasingly connected and this expansion will benefit both private customers using the Internet for home entertainment and business customers working from their home community.”
