REGINA – SaskTel announced Thursday the launch of its Rural Fibre Initiative, a multi-phase project that will see the Crown corporation invest over $50 million to bring broadband service to approximately 30,000 households and businesses in more than 20 rural Saskatchewan communities over the next four years.
“As Saskatchewan’s homegrown communications leader, SaskTel is firmly committed to connecting the people of Saskatchewan,” said Doug Burnett, SaskTel president and CEO, in the release. “Through our Rural Fibre Initiative, residents and business owners in many of our smaller communities can continue to confidently build their future knowing they’ll soon have access to the best communications infrastructure available.”
The company’s infiNET service delivers speeds reaching up to 300 Mbps, allowing subscribers to surf, stream, and share however much content they want at incredible speeds. Plus, with advancements in fibre-optics technology, SaskTel will soon deliver internet speeds of up to a Gigabit per second (Gbps), and beyond in the future, said the release.
The first phase of the Rural Fibre Initiative will be focused in the communities of Balgonie, Biggar, Langham, and Pilot Butte. SaskTel anticipates infiNET service will be available to the majority of residents and businesses in these communities by March 2022. Work is also in progress to confirm the communities to be included in phase two of the Rural Fibre Initiative, with a formal announcement expected to be made later in 2021.
The Rural Fibre Initiative is part of SaskTel’s larger commitment to invest over $1.6 billion in capital across Saskatchewan through 2025.
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