Toronto WiFi Network goes live
One of the biggest WiFi networks in North America was sparked up yesterday by Toronto Hydro Telecom. This WiFi service is available for most of Toronto and although it isn’t free, it will lead the way in public WiFi systems to blanket industrial towns/cities all over the globe. The WiFi service is free for six months whilst the company iron out all the creases in the service and check customer feedback, after which users of the service will have to pay Toronto Hydro Telecom just $29 a month, $10 a day, or $5 an hour for speeds of up to seven megabits per second (Mbps).
That’s right, this service actually works out a little bit cheaper than most landline-based broadband services, but remember that with this being WiFi if there are many people on the connection you may get slow speeds, so dont’ expect it to keep up with what speeds you can reach at home.
The first part of the network, now in operation, covers Spadina Avenue east to Church Street, and from Front Street north to Queen Street. Eventually, the network will expand. Only then will it have the status of being the largest WiFi network in North America.
The company turned on the network last Thursday for final tests, and there were nearly 2,000 users for the service as of the official launch yesterday. Catch the free service whilst you can, and when the blanket of a WiFi network has been completed, you may even prefer this service to a landline broadband service. Hopefully more cities will adopt this form of WiFi rather than spending taxes on free WiFi.
Via globeandmail
One of the biggest WiFi networks in North America was sparked up yesterday by Toronto Hydro Telecom. This WiFi service is available for most of Toronto and although it isn’t free, it will lead the way in public WiFi systems to blanket industrial towns/cities all over the globe. The WiFi service is free for six months whilst the company iron out all the creases in the service and check customer feedback, after which users of the service will have to pay Toronto Hydro Telecom just $29 a month, $10 a day, or $5 an hour for speeds of up to seven megabits per second (Mbps).
That’s right, this service actually works out a little bit cheaper than most landline-based broadband services, but remember that with this being WiFi if there are many people on the connection you may get slow speeds, so dont’ expect it to keep up with what speeds you can reach at home.
The first part of the network, now in operation, covers Spadina Avenue east to Church Street, and from Front Street north to Queen Street. Eventually, the network will expand. Only then will it have the status of being the largest WiFi network in North America.
The company turned on the network last Thursday for final tests, and there were nearly 2,000 users for the service as of the official launch yesterday. Catch the free service whilst you can, and when the blanket of a WiFi network has been completed, you may even prefer this service to a landline broadband service. Hopefully more cities will adopt this form of WiFi rather than spending taxes on free WiFi.
Via globeandmail
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