OTTAWA – Last week Ottawa's city council said it would spend a million dollars on helping speed broadband access to all parts of rural Ottawa. The city will move forward with a private-public partnership to develop the broadband infrastructure needed to reach every rural home, farm and business within the city limits by fall 2007.“This is important for farmers, small businesses and families in all our rural communities," said mayor Bob Chiarelli in the press release. Before 2003, broadband was only available to about 2% of rural residents and businesses in the Ottawa area. Great progress has been made as a...
