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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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Speedtest.net

This doesn't really have much to do with rural Ottawa high-speed Internet access, but some readers may find it useful.

If you're looking to test the upload and download speeds of your Internet connection (of any type), check out Speedtest.net. Unlike other download speed test sites, Speedtest.net lets you choose a server that is physically close (or not) to where your are located. It also tests upload speeds, which is something other test sites don't often do or do only as a separate test.

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