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.
New Blog Name
For about a year now, my focus on high-speed Internet access has broadened beyond my own neighbourhood of First Line & Century Roads to the virtually whole of rural Ottawa and the area just outside the city limits, especially in the south and west. Thus, I've decided to change the name of this blog from the
First Line Road High-Speed Internet Blog to the:
Rural Ottawa High-Speed Internet Blog.
1 Comments:
Hi Chris,
Fantastic blog with great info.
As for my story, I'm about 4.5km east of Ashton, moved here in March 06 and since then i've been trying desperately to get high speed internet.
I've tried all the usual suspects you mention on your blog, and had 'Storm' out to do a LoS check, but no luck yet (to many tall trees).
As a result, I'm now patiently (well... as patiently as possible) waiting for Bell Unplugged/Rogers Portable to get to my area, but their Customer Service Reps can't give me a timeline.
Keep up the good work!
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