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SaskTel to bring infiNET network to Yorkton, Rosthern

REGINA - SaskTel is expanding its fibre optic network infiNET to Yorkton and Rosthern.Construction will begin in the spring of 2017 with service available in some neighborhoods in Yorkton by early summer.  infiNET is being deployed through SaskTel’s Fibre to the Premises program, a $670 million investment to deploy fibre optics directly to homes and upgrade the broadband network in the nine largest urban centers in the province, Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Estevan, Swift Current, Yorkton, North Battleford and Prince Albert.SaskTel also announced that it will invest $1.8 million in a pilot project to upgrade the rural community of...