Welcome to the self-proclaimed
Rural Ottawa High-Speed Internet Blog. High-speed Internet access is virtually
ubiquitous in the urban and suburban areas of Ottawa, but when I started this blog in 2005, only about 60% of the
rural areas of Ottawa have coverage.
However, even for rural citizens, high-speed Internet access is becoming as necessary as telephone service.
Happily, high-speed coverage for rural Ottawa has increased significantly, and not only is coverage
reportedly
above 90%, many rural residents and businesses now have more than one choice of high-speed ISP.
This purpose of this weblog is to track news and events related to high-speed (broadband) Internet access in the
rural areas of Ottawa and, to a lesser extent, in nearby townships.
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Arryba Update: Tower Up
Arryba Communications has installed their tower at Acredale Farm, at the corner of First Line and Century. You can see the tower mast atop the farm's tallest (blue) silo. According to Arryba's
map page, the First Line tower should be aligned and activated around September 2. Hopefully this means that high-speed service from that equipment will not be much longer in arriving. Stay tuned.
Their map page also shows that Arryba has been busy installing towers throughout rural south Ottawa, including Osgoode, Enniskerry, Bank & Mitch Owens, and the Metcalfe G&CC. They've been busy, apparently.
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