REGINA — SaskTel announced today the 24 communities that will have access to SaskTel infiNET service as part of the fourth phase of the Crown corporation’s $100 million Rural Fibre Initiative.
First announced in December 2020 and then expanded in June 2021, SaskTel’s Rural Fibre Initiative is a multi-phase program to bring infiNET service to more than 60,000 residents and businesses spread across 45 rural Saskatchewan communities by the end of 2023.
The 24 communities to be connected during phase four include Assiniboia, Buffalo Narrows, Caronport, Carrot River, Dalmeny, Davidson, Dundurn, Foam Lake, Gravelbourg, Gull Lake, Île-à-la-Crosse, Kipling, La Loche, Lanigan, Macklin, Osler, Outlook, Oxbow, Preeceville, Regina Beach (including Buena Vista and Kinookimaw), Rocanville, Shellbrook, Unity and Wadena.
“SaskTel plans to begin construction in these communities next year and expects to have the majority of residents and businesses fibre ready by the end of 2023,” reads a SaskTel press release.
The communities to receive infiNET service in the first three phases of the Rural Fibre Initiative include:
- Phase 1 — Balgonie, Biggar, Langham and Pilot Butte. SaskTel expects the majority of homes and businesses in all four communities to be fibre ready by the end of March 2022, according to the press release.
- Phase 2 — Kindersley, Meadow Lake and Rosetown. Construction has begun in Kindersley and will soon start in Meadow Lake and Rosetown.
- Phase 3 — Canora, Carlyle, Esterhazy, Fort Qu’Appelle, Hudson Bay, Indian Head, Kamsack, La Ronge, Lumsden, Maple Creek, Moosomin, Shaunavon, Watrous and Wynyard. Construction will begin in these communities in 2022.
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