NorthwesTel to extend internet overage fees until end of June if approved by CRTC

A dish atop a Northwestel facility in Yellowknife. (CKLB file photo.)

NorthwesTel has applied to The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to extend temporary Internet usage relief measures for residential customers until June 30.

According to a social media post by NorthwesTel, “This extension is subject to regulatory approval” by the CRTC. 

NorthwesTel says these measures are part of their COVID-19 response to facilitate increased telework across the North.

Customers do not need to take any action to receive this temporary benefit, the company will apply it automatically to customer bills.

NorthwesTel says the relief measures remain the same until the end of June if approved.

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Arthur C. Green is from Whitbourne Newfoundland and graduated from the CNA Journalism Program. Arthur also studied Business Marketing and Political Science at Memorial University in Essex England and St. John's Newfoundland. Green has worked as a spot news photographer/journalist with such news organizations as Vista-radio, CBC, CBC Radio, NTV, Saltwire and Postmedia in Alberta.