The North’s main Internet provider says it will extend the current Internet usage relief measures for another month, pending approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The relief measures remain the same and depend on the type of service in your community.
The table below was taken from a NorthwesTel news release when it first announced the relief measures in March.
| Network technology | Communities | Internet usage relief |
| Cable Internet customers | Whitehorse, YT
Carcross, YT Fort Nelson, BC Yellowknife, NWT Fort Smith, NWT Norman Wells, NWT High Level, AB |
All overage fees will be waived in March and April |
| Nunavut Satellite DSL customers | Iqaluit
Arviat Cambridge Bay Rankin Inlet |
Monthly usage increased by 100% for March and April |
| Satellite DSL customers | Old Crow, YT
Fort Ware, BC Colville Lake, NWT Gameti, NWT Lutselk’e, NWT Paulatuk, NWT Sachs Harbour, NWT Sambaa K’e, NWT Ulukhaktok, NWT Wekweeti, NWT |
Monthly usage increased by 50% for March and April |
| Terrestrial DSL customers | All remaining customers | 100 GB additional monthly usage in March and April. |
The changes will automatically be added to customers’ bills.
