Northwestel makes unlimited home Internet plans more affordable.   

Whitehorse/Yellowknife, January 27, 2022 - Today, Northwestel received CRTC approval to lower unlimited home Internet rates by $10 per month.   The rate changes take effect immediately.  Northwestel will also be upgrading all home Internet 125 and Internet 250 monthly data plans to unlimited Internet at no additional cost.   

“We’re really accelerating the pace of customer improvements in the North. Over the last year and a half, Northwestel has introduced unlimited Internet to the North and doubled the number of communities with access to fibre Internet. Now we’re making our unlimited plans more affordable by reducing rates by $120 per year,” said Northwestel President Curtis Shaw.   “Over the next year, we look forward to further improvements like bringing even more communities into our fibre footprint and providing faster available Internet speeds to our customers.” 

Unlimited Internet plans are currently available in the following Northern communities: Carcross, Dawson City, Upper Liard, Watson Lake and Whitehorse, Yukon.  Behchoko, Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik, Norman Wells, and Yellowknife,  NWT.  Fort Nelson, BC. 

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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