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Kardinal
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Re: Xplornet buys storm internet

Should this turn out to be true, it's actually a step to reduce competition. Storm has been providing wireless service as well as dialup, DSL, and cable Internet access for quite a long time (15 years?) in the Eastern Ontario region. Xplornet recently signed an agreement with the city to supply broadband to people in the metro Ottawa area who can't get it by traditional means (cable, phone line, WiMax) due to where in the city they are (metro Ottawa is the size of the GTA, York and Peel regions put together). They've been using their wireless and satellite solutions but this means that instead of building new infrastructure they're going to buy out a competitor to use theirs instead. Fewer players, fewer choices.
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It's true. The email went out yesterday afternoon the Storm Announce list....

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Announcement List
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:22 PM
To: Subject: Storm Internet Services - Service Announcement

Storm Internet Services and Barrett Xplore Inc. (www.xplornet.com),
through its Xplornet brand, are pleased to announce that Xplornet will
now be the service provider for Storm's wireless Internet services
customers. Barrett Xplore is Canada's largest and fastest growing
wireless Internet Service Provider (ISP), with tens of thousands of
subscribers across the country.
Xplornet offers both fixed wireless and satellite high-speed Internet
services, enabling Xplornet to reach virtually every single Canadian.
We are confident that you will be pleased and impressed with
Xplornet's service offering.

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