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, September 05, 2006

Otawa Business Journal: Rural broadband tops 60%, now comes hard part

On Monday, September 4, the Ottawa Business Journal published an article about the state and future of high-speed Internet access in rural Ottawa.

Among other things, it mentions Arryba's recent demise, and lists companies like Storm Internet, SimplySurf, and NorthWind Wireless as active ISPs.

It also mentions the recent arrival of Affiliated Rural Broadband Network Systems Inc. in the Ottawa area. My understanding is that the former CEO of Arryba is involved in ARBNS.

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