SaskTel has announced residents of Rabbit Lake will now be able to enjoy of SaskTel High Speed Internet service. Residents of Rabbit Lake, and also of Sintaluta, are now eligible to subscribe to SaskTel's High Speed Basic Level 2 package that gives speeds of up to 5 Mbps (megabits per second) download or SaskTel's High Speed Advanced service that gives download speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
The announcement was made July 30. SaskTel also announced subscribers living in the following communities that formerly received a maximum of 1.5 Mbps (megabits per second) download speed will be automatically upgraded to the faster SaskTel High Speed Internet Basic Level 2 package, giving speeds of up to 5 Mbps download, at no additional cost: Beauval Mission, Big River, Canoe Lake Cree FN, Canoe Narrows FN, Chamakese Resort, Chitek Lake, Chitek Lake FN, Clearwater River Dene Nation, Codette, Cowessess FN, Cumberland House FN, Debden, Dundurn CFB, Fort San, Hall Lake FN, James Smith Cree Nation, Kisbey, Laird, La Loche, La Loche FN, North Portal, Ocean Man FN, Red Earth Cree Nation, Red Earth Cree Nation FN, Rhein, Turnor Lake, Turnor Lake FN, Weldon, and Witchekan Lake FN.
This expansion is part of the long-term strategy to increase access to High Speed internet in rural Saskatchewan that was introduced at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities 2013 annual conference. SaskTel's Rural Strategy includes upgrading speeds to 10 Mbps download in over 220 existing DSL communities, in addition to expanding DSL of up to 5 Mbps to 50 additional communities. SaskTel provides DSL Internet access to over 400 communities and First Nations in Saskatchewan.
