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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Friday, October 17, 2008

Article: Slow road to high-speed Internet frustrating consultants

The October 10, 2008 edition of the Manotick/Winchester EMC features a front-page article entitled Slow road to high-speed Internet frustrating consultants. The article describes problems and frustrations associated with gaps in the high-speed coverage in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. The counties are looking to access some of the $30 million budgeted by the provincial government to improve rural high-speed access.

Anyone wishing to report gaps in the rural high-speed access within the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry should contact Actionable intelligence at 613-535-2673 or actionable.intelligence@rogers.com.

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