Local apartment tenants face service disruption
Residents at all Weidner apartment buildings in Prince Albert have learned their SaskTel cable, landline and internet services will be disconnected in March, through no fault of their own.
In a letter from SaskTel dated Jan. 8, customers were told crews were unable to upgrade the infrastructure in the buildings to infiNET. The Crown’s External Communications Manager Greg Jacobs explained to paNOW that in order to upgrade the infrastructure in any apartment building, they require the permission of the property manager.
“Despite our efforts, Weidner has never granted us access to upgrade the infrastructure in any of their buildings in Prince Albert, and we’ve been trying to work with them since the spring of 2017,” he said.
Jacobs said they have not encountered any similar issues with any other property managers in Prince Albert or at the Weidner apartment buildings in Saskatoon. He added that because the fibre build is pretty much done in Prince Albert, the copper network will soon get turned down.