South Saskatchewan Ready signs on for SaskTel internet delivery to communities

REGINA – SaskTel said today that it has partnered with South Saskatchewan Ready to bring high-speed internet to the communities of Bengough, Coronach, Rockglen, and Willow Bunch. SSR, an economic partnership between nine rural communities, will participate through the Community Participation Program, which involves those communities providing a portion of funds to cover the costs of delivering SaskTel’s infiNET internet service of up to a gigabit of download speed. The partnership program is said to shorten the timeframe to build out the infrastructure. “Coal Transition has many economic challenges, especially in rural regions where economies are largely undiversified,” Sharon Adam,...