REGINA – SaskTel has officially shut down its Wireless Broadband Internet service (WBBI) after migrating customers to its new fixed wireless LTE-TDD service known as High Speed Fusion.
In addition to completing WBBI customer migrations, SaskTel also commercially launched High Speed Fusion service for new subscribers being served from 38 different tower locations including: Annaheim, Avonlea, Beechy, Bruno, Candle Lake, Canora, Central Butte, Choiceland, Climax, Dorintosh, Dysart, Eatonia, Elbow, Etomami Lake, Fort Qu'Appelle, Hafford, Hague, Hirsch, Hodgeville, Kinistino, Lajord, Leask, Lemburg, Lestock, Mankota, Meath Park, Middle Lake, Neilburg, Nipawin, Orkney, Paynton, Peebles, Prince Albert, Raymore, Rosthern, Stewart Valley, Viscount and Wimmer. The company said that it plans to commercially launch the remaining 17 tower locations in 2015.
The service is available for $79.95 per month and offers download speeds of up to 5 Mbps. While the High Speed Fusion is the recommended Internet service for locations formerly served by WBBI, SaskTel said that customers can still choose its satellite Internet service or 4G mobile Internet service if they reside within a 4G coverage area.
“High Speed Fusion Internet service will provide customers with more than twice the speed that was possible with our former WBBI service,” said president and CEO Ron Styles, in the news release. “We were the first to offer this service in North America and based on initial feedback we have received, customers are very happy with the upgraded service.”
