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High speed internet at the cottage?

High Speed Internet in Cottage Country

One of the common questions we get asked when showing waterfront properties, “is high speed internet access is available here?”, fortunately in most cases these days the answer is “Yes” but that was not always the case. Fierce competition and new service introductions have led to rapid expansion of high-speed Internet services in cottage country.

When looking at internet services for your cottage there are a few factors to consider;

Speed – the data rate available translates into how fast web pages load or what quality of streaming services are supported. For example, Netflix recommends 3 Mbps for Standard Definition (SD) streaming, 5 Mbps for HD streaming and 15 Mbps for 4K streaming.

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