CBC Interview: Fast Rivers, Slow Internet

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Written by Neil Wright Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:00

Features - Category: River People

Listen to Mark Brownlee's CBC Radio interview with Rapid Media's founder and publisher Scott MacGregor about the challenges of high-speed Internet (or lack of) and business in the Whitewater Capital.
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Photo: MacGregor installing an axillary antenna, the latest in his search for reliable high-speed Internet.

MacGregor started Rapid magazine in small-town Ottawa Valley because it is where rivers flow. Information on the other hand moves like a millpond.

"In the early days we were on dial-up," remembers MacGregor. "Then satellite—both systems—local providers and now we are using a cell tower service."

It hasn't been easy making Palmer Rapids the headquarters for Rapid Media but, says MacGregor, it beats living in the city.

Listen to Mark Brownlee's CBC Radio interview, .




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