Today SaskTel announced that it has launched High Speed Internet service in the Village of Ebenezer. Residents can now enjoy the benefits of SaskTel's High Speed Internet service with two packages to choose from, interNET Extended 5 and interNET Extended 10.    

"This is very exciting and long-awaited news for our village," said Braden Ferris, Mayor of Ebenezer. "Having High Speed Internet benefits all of the households in our community and is especially exciting for our students and small businesses."

"The Government of Saskatchewan and SaskTel are committed to providing the rural communities of our province with the modern communication services they need to compete and thrive on the world stage," said Don Morgan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel.

"We're pleased to bring High Speed Internet to the people of Ebenezer," said Doug Burnett, Acting SaskTel President and CEO. "With our High Speed Internet service our customers have all the bandwidth they'll need to surf, stream and download as much content as they want without having to worry about usage limits."

High Speed interNET Extended 5 offers download speeds of up to 5 megabits per second (Mbps) while High Speed interNET Extended 10 offers download speeds of up to 10 Mbps.  Both packages include unlimited usage, free installation, in-home Wi-Fi, spam and email virus filtering, and 24/7 helpdesk support - all for one low monthly price.

These upgrades are part of SaskTel's commitment to invest $1.4 billion in capital in Saskatchewan through 2016-2021.  These Investments will ensure that all Saskatchewan residents will continue to receive some of the best communication and entertainment services in the world.

For more information please visit www.sasktel.com.

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 609,000 wireless accesses, 361,000 wireline network accesses, 279,000 Internet accesses and 112,000 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:
Greg Jacobs, SaskTel Manager of External Communications
Phone: 306.777.3433   
E-mail: Greg.Jacobs@sasktel.com