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Northwestel Upgrades Internet in Watson Lake, Delivers Fastest Speeds to Date

Press Release –

August 20, 2014

Northwestel is pleased to announce an upgrade to Internet service in Watson Lake.

Today, the company announced the launch of 15 Mbps Internet service, bringing the fastest Internet speeds ever available to Watson Lake. This new upgrade demonstrates Northwestel’s commitment to bringing next generation services to northern Canada under its Modernization Plan.

Residential and business customers in Watson Lake can now browse, download and stream at speeds up to 15 Mbps – three times faster than previously available. With these increased download speeds, and upload speeds of up to 1 Mbps, customers will have access to high performance streaming, rapid file downloads and seamless uploads.

The new service increases monthly usage allotments to 150 gigabytes (GB) for residential customers. With a 150 GB cap, customers can send and receive 10,000 e-mails, upload 2,000 pictures, or watch more than 50 standard definition movies in a single month. For business customers, the new service offers a 180 GB usage allotment.

Northwestel representatives will be at the Morgan Chaddock Recreation Center for a community BBQ on August 20from 10 AM to 2 PM. They will also be able to answer questions and take orders for the new Internet service.

“We are excited to offer higher quality Internet services in Watson Lake as part of the Modernization Plan” said President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Flaherty. “In 2013, we invested nearly $44 million to deliver the latest services across northern Canada and we are thrilled to add Watson Lake to the list of completed upgrades”.

In January 2013, Northwestel announced a $233 million Modernization Plan to deliver the latest advances in communications services across Canada’s North. In the first year of the plan, the company invested nearly $44 million to launch 4G wireless service in 20 communities, upgrade Internet in four communities and install new network switches in an additional four communities.

Later this year, Watson Lake’s 4G wireless service will also receive an upgrade. The upgrade will extend the 4G wireless range to the Mt. Maichen Ski Hill area.

Customers can find information about Internet services and Modernization Plan upgrades by visiting www.nwtel.ca/modernization.

About Northwestel:

Northwestel Inc. services the largest operating area of any telecommunications company in the western hemisphere over the most remote and rugged terrain in Canada.  It provides a complete range of voice, video and data solutions to residential and business customers in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, northern British Columbia and High Level, Alberta.

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