The Fastest Network in Saskatchewan with Infinite Potential

The City of Yorkton is set to experience the next level in Internet speed as SaskTel unleashes the power of infiNET™, Saskatchewan’s fastest fibre optics network. Beginning July 6, 2017, infiNET will be available in select residential neighbourhoods and eventually city wide. With speeds of up to 260 megabits per second (Mbps), infiNET allows SaskTel to connect its customers to their world faster than ever before.

“We are very pleased that Yorkton is included in SaskTel’s fibre optic upgrade program for Saskatchewan cities,” said Bob Maloney, Mayor of Yorkton. “Residents and businesses are looking forward to the much faster network speeds that infiNET can provide.”

“infiNET’s arrival in Yorkton is another example of SaskTel’s commitment to providing the people of Saskatchewan with world class telecommunications services,” said Dustin Duncan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel. “With the increasing importance of the Internet in our lives, infiNET is one more tool that will allow the businesses and residents of Yorkton to continue thriving.”

“We are excited to bring infiNET service to Yorkton,” said Ron Styles, SaskTel President and CEO. “infiNET is the next stage in the delivery of High Speed Internet. It will allow home users to surf, stream, and use more devices than ever before; all at incredible speeds.”

Yorkton is the latest step in SaskTel’s ambitious $670 million Fibre-To-The-Premise program that will deploy fibre directly to homes and business by upgrading SaskTel’s broadband network across Saskatchewan’s nine largest cities. Beyond the immediate benefits of faster Internet speeds for consumers, this network enhancement will have added benefits down the road. As demands for more bandwidth and faster speeds increase, infiNET provides SaskTel with a flexible platform that can quickly grow to meet its customer’s needs.

infiNET provides amazingly fast speeds – up to 260 Mbps downloading and 60 Mbps uploading – the fastest available in Saskatchewan.

• Upload and download data, movies, music, and more in a fraction of the time
• Stream HD movies, play games, and video chat without freezing, pixelation, or dropped connections
• Get unlimited downloading with no overage fees

In addition to Internet access, infiNET also offers HD programming and digital TV recording delivered to every maxTV™ set-top box in a home.

• Watch HD on up to 7 TVs
• Record up to 4 programs simultaneously with maxTV PVR
• Get more bundling options for maxTV with even faster Internet speeds
• Stream Netflix right on the maxTV set-top box

The Fibre-To-The-Premises program is part of SaskTel’s commitment to invest $1.4 billion across Saskatchewan through 2021. Investments like these will ensure that Saskatchewan will continue to receive some of the best communication and entertainment services in the world.

For more information, please visit www.sasktel.com/yorkton.

About SaskTel

SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with over $1.2 billion in annual revenue and approximately 1.4 million customer connections including 616,000 wireless accesses, 383,000 wireline network accesses, 275,000 Internet accesses and 110,000 maxTV™ subscribers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

For more information, please contact:
Michelle Englot, SaskTel Director of External Communications
Phone: 306.777.4476
E-mail: michelle.englot@sasktel.com