Northwestel launches Fibre-to-the-home Internet in 3 Yukon communities, bringing faster speeds and unlimited Internet to more Northern Canadians.
Dawson City, YT; Watson Lake, YT, November 1, 2021 – Today Northwestel launched full Fibre
Internet service to over 1000 homes in 3 Yukon communities: Dawson City, Watson Lake and Upper
Liard. Yukoners and businesses in these communities now have access to unlimited data and
Internet speeds 16 times greater than previously available.
Maximum residential Internet speeds in these communities have increased from 15 Mbps to 250
Mbps (download speed) and now far surpass the CRTC’s universal service objective of 50 Mbps.
Internet rates in these communities match those available in the North’s major centres.
These are the first fibre upgrades as part of Northwestel’s Every Community project, a 3-year plan to
bring high-speed unlimited Internet to 10,000 homes in the Yukon and NWT. The Every Community
project is the company’s largest-ever construction initiative, funded by Northwestel’s own significant
investments and $62 million in funding from the CRTC Broadband Fund.
“Northwestel is proud to be bringing fibre-to-the-home to Yukon communities for the very first time,”
said Northwestel President Curtis Shaw. “This is the same leading network technology that
connects homes in Canada’s largest southern cities and now we’re using full fibre connections to
close the digital divide in Canada’s most northern communities. This is just the beginning and we
look forward to connecting customers to fibre in every land-served rural community in the Yukon and
NWT over the next 2 years.”
There are now 5 northern communities served primarily by fibre with the NWT communities of Hay
River and Inuvik upgrading in 2021 through Northwestel’s own investments.
Dawson City, Watson Lake and Upper Liard residents will also be the first Yukoners to have access
to Northwestel TV Plus which allows customers to watch live HD TV content on a big screen or
mobile device for as little as $25 a month. Customers can order the new fibre Internet and TV
services online at www.nwtel.ca.
About Northwestel
Northwestel is the largest telecommunications provider in Canada's north, serving 96 communities
across Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia and Alberta. In 2020, Northwestel
launched a 3-year Every Community plan to significantly improve broadband services for northern
residents, governments and businesses using the latest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and Low Earth
Orbit (LEO) satellite technologies. Northwestel is a subsidiary of Bell and provides service on the
traditional territories of Indigenous peoples across Canada's North.
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