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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Postings & Moderation
I've opened up this blog to allow anyone to post to it. However, I continue to moderate and will remove any inappropriate content, e.g. anything not related to high-speed internet access in the rural Ottawa, the Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario, and the Outaouais.
On November 14, 2005, the
Ottawa Business Journal published an article on the status of high-speed Internet access in the rural areas in and around Ottawa. The article can be viewed
here.
On November 10, 2005,
Arryba Communications, which provides high-speed fixed-wireless Internet access to rural Ottawa including the
First Line Road area, has acquired
AccessTNG Inc. Among other areas, AccessTNG provided high-speed fixed-wireless Internet access in the Osgoode, Manotick south (Carleton Golf & Yacht Club area), and Vernon. There's no word yet on how this will affect high-speed access availability in Ottawa south, but I will keep readers posted. Arryba already provides service in Osgoode and Vernon.
Tracking High-Speed Access Around Rural Ottawa
Now that almost all of First Line Road & Century Road East (Waterson Corners) have access to one or more forms of high-speed Internet access, I am planning to expand the scope of this blog as well as my
First Line Road High-Speed Internet Project page to include news and information about high-speed access in other areas of rural Ottawa. I may even include some areas immediately outside the Ottawa city limits, such as Kemptville, Carleton Place, and Almonte.
If you have any relevant leads or information, please let me know.
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