In December the organization announced a subsidized high speed DSL plan for Ottawa Community Housing residents, with unlimited usage, free line installation and 6 Mbit/s download speeds. The subsidized rates were made possible because of a gift from the estate of one of NCF's first members as well as ongoing donations from NCF's other members that established a Community Access Fund. Stéphane Giguere, the chief executive officer of Ottawa Community Housing, said of the program, "It’s really a tool, a tool for education, communication, for employment."