This is how much more it might cost you for unlimited internet in the North

A handful of northern communities are one step closer to having access to unlimited internet.

Northwestel says it has submitted an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for its approval of unlimited internet packages to seven northern communities.

They include:

• Whitehorse
• Carcross, Yukon
• Yellowknife
• Hay River, N.W.T.
• Fort Smith, N.W.T.
• Norman Wells, N.W.T.
• Fort Nelson, B.C.

The telecommunications provider says it will offer unlimited packages on three residential plans.

Subscribers to the company's Internet 250 and Internet 125 plans would pay an additional $10 a month for unlimited internet, while subscribers to the company's Internet 50 plan would pay an additional $50 a month.

The plan is subject to the CRTC's approval and will not be available to order prior to Nov. 2, according to a Wednesday release from Northwestel.

Northwestel said itplans to introduce unlimited internet to every Yukon and N.W.T. community within three years.