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SaskTel infiNET to launch soon in four more rural communities

SaskTel announced Wednesday it will soon begin connecting homes to its infiNET service in Esterhazy, Macklin, Unity and Wynyard as part of the Crown corporation’s $200-million Rural Fibre Initiative. SaskTel said it anticipates select areas in all four communities will be fibre-ready by late March. “Once we’ve completed this latest expansion, our fibre network, which is already by far the largest network of its kind in Saskatchewan, will reach households in more than 50 communities across the province,” Charlene Gavel, SaskTel’s president and CEO, said in a press release. Powered by SaskTel’s fibre broadband network, infiNET service delivers speeds reaching close to...