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Name: Jim Marshall on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Bill Baskin on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Vicky Marshall on Jul 10, 2007Comments: I would buy it!!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Bruce Sanderson on Jul 10, 2007Comments: I have a cottage on Crane Lake west of MacTier. Despite assurances by Rogers Portable Internet that I should be in the signal territory, testing has proven that incorrect. Dial up is currently my only option.Flag
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Name: Moe Cascanette on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Rick Robertson on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Morley Sniderman on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Bonnie M. Looby on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Meg Cameron-Hammel on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Pat Sniderman on Jul 10, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Gail Marshall on Jul 10, 2007Comments: They have totally forgotten us here.Flag
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Name: Sylvia Thompson-Nicholson on Jul 10, 2007Comments: I find it interesting that places like McKellar have wireless internet but areas between Rosseau and Humphrey do not. It's time that we had internet access!Flag
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Name: Gerald Gougeon on Jul 10, 2007Comments: This action is long overdue in this area which has only recently been upgraded to cell service equal to remote Northern Ontario or Alberta . It was like moving back 30 years in time to return here .Flag
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Name: Gail May on Jul 11, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Cynthia M Beers on Jul 11, 2007Comments: family memeber & owner of cottage on Elyse Island, Horseshoe Lake, Parry SoundFlag
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Name: Cynthia M Beers on Jul 11, 2007Comments: family memeber & owner of cottage on Elyse Island, Horseshoe Lake, Parry SoundFlag
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Name: Bryant Holinaty on Jul 11, 2007Comments: The dial-up service available here on Little Whitefish lake is pathetic. I conduct my business from the cottage while we're here and the slow access to email and the internet is crippling.Flag
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Name: Sandra McKee on Jul 11, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 11, 2007Comments: There citizens of this area are underserved - with no practical seasonal solution for high speed internet.Flag
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Name: Kristy Robertson on Jul 11, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Ted Collins on Jul 11, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Nicole Boyd on Jul 12, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Rick Davis on Jul 13, 2007Comments: Please place my name on the petition.Flag
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Name: Wendie Scott Davis on Jul 13, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 13, 2007Comments: We operate two bussnesses and dial up is not very efficient!!Flag
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Name: Peter Watkinson on Jul 18, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dale Nelson on Jul 18, 2007Comments: I agree completely. It is bad enough that on Swords Road we cannot even get Bell Canada voice mail...the service is not provided!Flag
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Name: Cynthia M Beers on Jul 18, 2007Comments: Family member of cottage owner on Elyse Island, Horseshoe Lake, Parry Sound, OntarioFlag
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Name: Leslie Hayes on Jul 18, 2007Comments: Bell and Rogers are erecting towers at a fast pace in rural cottage areas. I have seen 3 go up this year. Sure we have some better cellular coverage, what we really need is high speed internet. What really frustrates me is that I cannot contact anyone at Rogers or Bell to discuss this. The customer service folks shut you down - with a keep checking back comment. I understand that these decisions need to have some financial basis. But I would at least like to understand the situation. As I look from my bed at night to the new flashing light the huge Rogers tower recently erected on Frying Pan Island, it would be easier to tollerate if I thought it was of some use - my Rogers cell phone already worked here - what we need is high speed internetFlag
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Name: Laura Fraser on Jul 20, 2007Comments: I am on McCauley Road just outside of RosseauFlag
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Name: Jon Kidd on Jul 26, 2007Comments: I work for Vianet, but cannot provide what I do not have. I hope for government assistance on wireless technology for the Otter Lake, Orrville, Nobel, and Pointe au Baril areas.Flag
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Name: Emily Christenson on Jul 26, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: John Marshall on Jul 26, 2007Comments: With the influx of cottagers making my former area their permanent home, I cannot understand why there hasn't been a greater effort made on the part of the local polticians at all levels of government to make braodband access 100% accessible. I would suggest lobbying the Harper government through your MP. In one of his columns, TorStar writer Michael Geist puts it like this: "An obvious starting point for connectivity is the role that federal, provincial, and municipal governments can play to ensure that all Canadians have access to the high-speed networks that are the price of admission to the participatory Internet. Canada's global broadband ranking has slipped steadily in recent years, as Asian and European countries leapt ahead with faster, more widely distributed high-speed networks. Moreover, last year's Telecommunications Policy Review Panel concluded that reliance solely on market forces would likely leave hundreds of thousands of Canadians without high-speed Internet access. In response, Prime Minister Stephen Harper would do well to take the lead by implementing the broadband strategy that languished under the previous Liberal government."Flag
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Name: Nick Slater on Jul 28, 2007Comments: Zeuter Development Corporation began innovating wireless solutions before the year 2000. As a result, Zeuter began offering wireless internet service to the Parry Sound Area since 2003. We call our initiative "Wireless Parry Sound". Our objective is and has been to provide wireless internet throughout Parry Sound District. Because Parry Sound District is one of the largest in Ontario, we have to focus our deployment on areas where we know there is a practical and economically feasible solution. Broadband Wireless Internet is not like dialup or cable or dsl. It is highly dependent on the local terrain. The very best step you can take to secure wireless internet for your neighbourhood is to email sales@zeuter.com with your physical address (fire route or street address). We have amassed a database with hundreds of potential wireless subscribers which drives our deployment of wireless internet to this day. Jim Marshall, for example, knows that he lives within walking distance of one of our towers but is between two heights of land which would require a large tower of his own to connect. If enough of his neighbours were in a similar predicament and had expressed a similar interest to us then it becomes cost-effective for us to solve that problem. In time and with your support, our wireless service will grow to cover these nooks and crannies that make up Parry Sound District. No one has a better understanding of what it will cost, where it can work or when it will happen than Zeuter. For those who choose to live in the bush far away from the conveniences of urban living, we salute you. Zeuter was borne of necessity and resourcefulness when we began providing internet services here in Parry Sound back in 1995 when no one else would. Support your local internet provider! For the record, Zeuter has applied for government funding for rural broadband internet many times since 2000 only to be rejected by the very people who feign support for our cause. Bill Spinney of the local CBDC told me to go to a bank and would not even discuss the matter with us. Instead he spent $56,000 on a wireless study which produced nothing. We didn't need a study, we've done the study, we need money to build towers! We complained to FedNor who funds the CBDC and got the royal runaround. We escalated to Andy Mitchell who arranged for an independent consultant who determined that our complaint was valid. When Andy Mitchell took no action as a result, we withdrew support for him and helped elect Tony Clement. On April 12th, 2007, Tony Clement personally committed to me that he would launch an investigation into this CBDC/FedNor funding snafu. If you are willing, you may further help support our cause by emailing Tony Clement (Clement.T@parl.gc.ca) and telling him you want Zeuter to have the funding needed to ramp up deployment. Meanwhile, Zeuter will continue to expand coverage as we have been doing, solely funded by local private investors and loyal clients.Flag
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Name: Thomas Dowswell on Jul 31, 2007Comments: This will help employment increase in Parry Sound. We need it now !!!. Expand voice over internet phone as well.Flag
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Name: Aryeh Snitman on Aug 27, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dale Beaton on Oct 26, 2007Comments: Yes i believe we are going to be left out of the high speed internet broadband lope, its very frustrating with DAILUP as the only option.Flag
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Name: Patricia K. Wells on Nov 13, 2007Comments: I live down by the Parry Sound Airport and I have been told my dial up is the only alternative here other than Satelite. I don't want to lose my computer when it rains. HELP!Flag
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Name: George Kostiuk on Nov 13, 2007Comments: Going blue in the face holding my breath for BlueSky to offer their services...seems like a massive waste of taxpayer's dollars, horribly mismanaged.Flag
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Name: Trevor Wilson on Dec 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Cole Sheridan on Jan 18, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 18, 2008Comments: Well I do realize that many of you are not familiar with satellite internet, you would be doing yourself a favour to investigate that issue. Xplorent is giving satellite broadband a bad reputation. The only way to go is HughesNet.. I believe the only place in Muskoka/Parry Sound to purchase this is Ardco Systems in Parry Sound. 705.746.7610. Xplorenet only uses one satellite for their entire footprint whereas HughesNet has about a dozen. This alleviates those times where your back to dial-up speeds because the kids are off school. Xplorenet was created by Bell Sympatico and after they realized it was an unstable system, they sold the rights. That is saying a lot if Bell won't even sell it. There are financing options for HughesNet too. Last time I checked, if you had a small business, FedNor would cover upto 75% of your costs. There are also the rent to buy plans. In reality, you are only paying $10 more per month then you would in town for just as reliable of service. And by the way, who ever said you will lose your signal in the rain is wrong and needs to have their dish checked. Simply put, the HughesNet dish is much more powerful then your Bell or Star Choice dish. How often you lose signal with that can be cut in half and that is about how often you will lose your signal. For the luxury of being able to live where I love to live, the sticks, the extra few busks a month won't kill me. I have to buy gas to get to town, whereas those in town don't to. It's just part of the good life I suppose.Flag
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Name: Jim Rudolph on Feb 19, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Jason Marr on Mar 14, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Norma Archambault on Mar 21, 2008Comments: Hi My Dad lives in Parry Sound I'm in Cornwall web cam is very hard to do on dial up-connection freezes on both ends He only see his grandbabies once a year ! web cam was the solution to seeing the girls every day- high speed would be a quick fix to this small problem !Flag
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Name: Anonymous on May 1, 2008Comments: I am within 3 miles of the tower on Tower Hill, Parry Sound, and cannot even receive cell phone service, although when IFlag
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Name: Anonymous on May 17, 2008Comments: UPDATE: - Bell and Roger's Inukshuk (wireless internet) is complete, so if you're north of the Humphrey/Rosseau area, you're out of luck. - Vianet has installed wireless internet equipment on towers in Humphrey and Orrville, so btn. that and Rogers/Bell, the S. Parry Sound area is pretty well covered. They're currently looking at a couple of sites - Bell is supposed to have EVDO Rev-A cell data live on Parry Sound area tower by end of 2nd qrt. - Rogers is committed to rolling out HSPDA at some point in the Parry Sound area, but no time table as to when.Flag
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Name: Nancy McMeekan on May 30, 2008Comments: After thirteen years on dial-up, we we told we would get high-speed this year. We started to inquire in early April and all we've heard are mixed messages from sales people who a) didn't know the status of service b) made promises they couldn't keep c) didn't understand their own equipment. We both work out of our home - high-speed internet is a necessity, not a luxury.Flag
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