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.

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Bell Canada: Fixed Wireless Highspeed Internet Access

Bell Canada Sympatico is now offering a fixed wireless highspeed Internet access service which it calls Sympatico High Speed Unplugged. The service is available in Ottawa/Gatineau, as well as other areas of Ontario and various other provinces. At the time of writing this entry, two service packages are offered:

  1. 512Kbps download and 128Kbps upload for $45/month
  2. 3Mbps download and 384 Kbps upload for $60/month

Both packages require the purchase of a wireless modem, for $114 including S&H.


Service is rolling out, and Bell claims that "Sympatico High Speed Unplugged will reach more than two-thirds of Canadians in less than three years". This may help many rural Ottawans who are still without highspeed access.


Chris' Comment: It's about time! I suspect that Bell may be pulling double-duty on its cellular towers, so I would think that the service will eventually be available anywhere Bell provides digital cell phone service.

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