Provincial Canadian operator SaskTel has expanded coverage of its ‘interNET Extended 25’ broadband service to 19 additional communities in Saskatchewan province, giving access to download speeds of up to 25Mbps – ‘the fastest SaskTel has ever offered in rural areas’. interNET Extended 25 has now reached over 100 rural communities in less than a year of rollout, SaskTel CEO Doug Burnett added.
Earlier this month SaskTel’s ‘interNET Extended 10’ service expanded to 25 Indigenous and northern Saskatchewan communities, enabling 10Mbps/1Mbps download/upload – doubling the speeds previously available in these areas. The telco earmarked CAD301 million (USD224 million) investment in the province for 2018-2019, and over CAD1.4 billion through 2023.