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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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Netscape Accelerated Dial-Up Service Hits 19x

Netscape's Accelerated Dial-up Internet Service is now claiming speeds of up to 19x regular (unaccelerated) dial-up, for $18.95 CDN per month (same as before). I think that if you use certificate number 1797672 in the online form, you will get one month's service free.


The limitations of web acceleration remain unchanged (secure sites, streaming audio & video, and VPNs remain unaccelerated). So it remains a service for those not wishing to spend the extra cash to get true high-speed service or for those who do not yet live in an area where true high-speed Internet service is available.

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