Yk Quick Tips is your guide to Yellowknife, NT. Whether you are moving to the city, just visiting or live here, we can offer information about all the best things. The show will contain information about what to do while visiting, things to know about moving to the City and everything else interesting about Yellowknife.
Internet Service Providers are the topic for Episode 7 of Yellowknife Quick Tips and we have all you need to know about this local attraction.
Last week I received an e-mail from a someone who was about to move to Yellowknife. She asked who the Internet Service Providers were in town and if it was possible to get Unlimited Bandwidth.
The two main ISP that I am aware of are SSi Micro and NorthwesTel. That being said, NorthwesTel owns all the internet pipes coming into the north. Therefore, SSi has to purchase the Internet from them and then resell it to residences and businesses. Below is more information about both:
SSi Mirco: Can provide 8gb of bandwidth a month at the price of $59.99. The nice thing about SSi Internet is that they use a wireless system. They give you a modem that connect to their Internet wirelessly, which ultimately means you can take it anywhere in town or where they have coverage. Their wireless modem is also a down fall though. It needs to be in a location it can see the sky and won’t work very well in high traffic areas.
NorthwesTel: Has 3 different options for Cable Internet. Plans ranging from 5gb to 60gb and prices going from $42 to $84. Their cable Internet is, abviously, done through the cable. They install a special modem. NorthwesTel is often times more reliable for steady Internet, but on occasion does has it outages.
Arctic Data: I mention Arctic Data in the show as a reseller of SSi Internet.
Hopefully this answers most of everyone’s question about ISP’s in Yellowknife. If not, please send me an email to info@ykonline.ca or comment below.
It's important to note that you can get 60GB of bandwidth from NWTel for $60 if it is bundled with cable. So if you are getting cable anyway, it's cheaper.
As a heavy, heavy user of internet in Vancouver, it was a shock going from unlimited to 60GB a month and I was worried that I would go over. However, most months we are averaging around 30GB used. 50GB in our heaviest month. And that includes a lot of video streaming, downloads, and gaming.
thank you so much….( I was the person moving in a couple weeks )
Arctic Data also does DSL lines without the NWTel DSL requirement of a business phone line.
thank you so much….( I was the person moving in a couple weeks )
Arctic Data also does DSL lines without the NWTel DSL requirement of a business phone line.