The cooperative provides internet, cable television, telephone, smart home and security services to residential and business customers in 235 Saskatchewan communities.
[1] Its primary wireline competitor is the provincial crown corporation SaskTel; it is one of two cable providers in Saskatchewan, with Rogers Xfinity (formerly Shaw) primarily serving areas such as Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, and Swift Current.
[9] In 2015, Access Communications acquired Askivision and Saskatoon-based Little Loon Wireless; the purchase of the latter allowed the co-operative to deliver fixed-wireless broadband high-speed internet to rural areas in Saskatchewan.
Access uses a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) network infrastructure[11] to deliver its internet services, branded as AccessHyperSpeed.
In March 2019, it announced that it is one of the internet service providers participating in the federal government's Connecting Families Program.
[13] Access Communications' digital phone service was launched in February 2007[8] and utilizes IP technology instead of a traditional landline.
[20] Access Communications operates as a not-for-profit co-operative and its brand focuses on its community-based ownership, reinvesting its revenues on service improvements, as well as promoting and supporting local events and community organizations.