Rastafari Online (ROL) has announced that the non-profit ISP RastafariOnline.Net now offers high speed DSL Internet service in USA and Canada. According to the administrative update, prefaced by an excerpt from Psalm 33 of the Holy Bible, issued on March 6, 2007, "a little less than three years after the launch of the 56K dial-up services, this much awaited upgrade went live on March 1, the anniversary of the Adowa victory, give thanks Jan Hoi!"

The Rastafari Online .Net DSL services will scale from $20/month for home users to $140/month for business users. Speeds available will vary from 256 Kbps to 10 Mbps based upon the individual phone lines. The ROL DSL service currently runs on AT&T, Verizon and Qwest local lines. It was learned that expansion onto the Covad, Bell South and Bell Canada networks has also been planned.

Tools for checking service availability are located at the pre-qualification page. Details about the DSL service features may be found in the Frequently Asked Questions located at the FAQ page The ROL administrators further announced that their 56K dialup network has grown to over 30,000 local numbers.

The ROL ISP yields all profits to the ROL working committee. The announcement further said, "it has become necessary now for [the ROL community] to evolve into an official entity capable of holding its' own bank account." It was learned that a number of open committee meetings will be upcoming to chart the future course of the ROL community.