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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Bell's LGE Turbo Hotspot
Has anyone tested or bought Bell's
4G LTE Sierra Wireless 763 Turbo Hotspot?
From the coverage map, Bell's LTE coverage for Ottawa seems pretty good and is growing. Of course, it does not yet appear to cover the entire city, nor much outside the city.
Bell is advertising "...download speeds of up to 100 Mbps* (expected average download of 12-40 Mbps).", which blows the doors off of the MBR1210 TurboHub (HSPA) that I have, yet under the FlexPlan, the monthly costs would be the same.
I don't know if Rogers has a similar offering or not, but I welcome comments on that too, if it exists.
-Chris
2 Comments:
As with any remote hub option, the prices are astronomical once you get past your limit. The Rogers hub charges $10/GB up to $500 MAX. They used to be $50 maximum which I was able to live with and normally did live with, but $500 is not absurd. Bell is no better, as the max flex rate is based on 15GB, and some ridiculous /MB charge.
We live in Corkery Woods. We had a Telus Hub but disconnected it last April. After many months they were unable to resolve a congestion issue with the Bell Tower it was utilizing. They gave me an LTE device, but there was no coverage here. I switched to a Rogers Sierra Wireless 763 device. Despite the misleading coverage maps, there is no LTE coverage here. The backup HSPA+ is so overloaded that at most times it is almost non functional. Rogers has been aware the Carp area is overloaded but has no plans at this time to resolve it. It’s only been pain and suffering to get any kind of Internet in this area of the Nation’s Capital, which is ridiculous. Only saviour seems to be a new Tower going up in Corkery Woods. I understand it should be live around Feb 2013. Details are here: http://northwindwireless.com/
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