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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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

City of Ottawa Report: Completing Broadband Coverage In Rural Ottawa

Here's the City of Ottawa staff report went before Council on Wednesday, September 27. It was previously endorsed already by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and the Corporate Services Committee:

http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/occ/2006/09-27/csedc/ACS2006-PGM-ECO-0018.htm

I have not yet had a chance to read the full report, but the proposed maps look promising. Also, it is my understanding, based on subsequent media releases and articles, that the $1 million budget was approved, so I guess the whole project was also approved.

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