"Loss of "unlimited" and other internet links

[oneoff]

Upgrade my ass!!!!

The best solution only a few hours ago was to dump the wireless service onto Xplorenet. Sixteen months from now the same problem will exist; and the solution will involve the mix of "limited" and "capped" plans.
Just exactly like like it was before Premier Wall announced earlier this morning that there was a year and a bit reprieve.

And I'll bet a lot of rural customers have already switched from the Sasktel wireless towers, and maybe even some towers have been shut down already.

This is all about buying a little more time; and a botched sale of a slower, more costly and "limited" service that by no Federal government of Canada standard qualifies as anything approaching high speed internet.

[oneoff]

Just ran across the info below.. All the quotes below belong to other people



Isn't it strange Sasktel is launching a new cellular service on the 2.5 GHz license? Didn't WBBI run on that frequency?

http://www.sasktel.com/about-us/news/2012-news-releases/sasktel-and-huawei-sign-agreement.html

SaskTel and Huawei today announced the signing of an agreement to launch a TDD-LTE (Long Term Evolution) fixed wireless trial in Saskatchewan. The trial will help determine the feasibility of wireless broadband and voice services for customers in predominantly rural locations, using Huawei solutions and equipment. The agreement was signed in Huawei’s traditional courtyard facility in Beijing, by Ron Styles, SaskTel President and CEO, and Sean Yang, President of Huawei Canada. The signing was witnessed by Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan.

“This is another great first in a long list of firsts for SaskTel, and I am pleased that SaskTel is continuing its commitment to investigating opportunities to provide rural customers with advanced communications solutions”, Premier Brad Wall said.

“We are very pleased to be working with SaskTel in launching Canada’s first 2.5 GHz TDD-LTE deployment” said Sean Yang. “The ability to bring next generation high-speed wireless technology to residents and businesses across the Province is critical to ensuring Saskatchewan is able to compete and innovate with markets around the world”.

The trial will occur in a minimum of three rural locations and will provide the latest wireless broadband speeds available. LTE will reach download speeds of approximately 100 Mbps per second, compared to existing 4G wireless technology reaching speeds of 21 Mbps. In addition, the trial will encompass the provisioning of equipment to a local telephone service, in order to determine comparability with existing landline services using copper wire infrastructure.

“SaskTel’s copper infrastructure dates back to the 1960s and we are fast approaching the need to replace and upgrade this technology,” said Ron Styles, SaskTel President and CEO. “With the positive partnership that has evolved with Huawai with our 4G network and our mobile LTE wireless deployment efforts that are underway, we are very pleased to partner with them to complete this trial”