Vancouver to be FREE WIFI before 2010 ..

[jakethedog]

Heard about this the other day so i searched it and well be damned it is supposed to be true ..


With Toronto, Paris, San Francisco, Philadelphia (who were the first to jump on board, way back in 2004), Chicago, Miami Beach, Fredericton (that's the sleepy village in New Brunswick, by the way), and a host of other North American and European centres offering free, state-of-the-art broadband wireless networking citywide across their jurisdictions, the forward thinkers on Vancouver City Council have finally capitulated to the public's will, and on Thursday announced a free, citywide wireless broadband network by 2010.

What does this mean for you? Well, for starters, by 2010 you'll be online, free-of-charge with a state-of-the-art high speed Internet connection 24/7 anywhere (and I do mean anywhere) across the City of Vancouver. Chances are that your cell phone (at least the new Apple iPhone) will connect through a WiMax network, which will forever do away with land-based telephones. You'll be able to surf the 'Net and send e-mails wherever you are (in your car, in the park) at will, wherever and whenever you choose.

Free. (Although, to be perfectly honest, it'll probably be ad-supported)

http://www.vanramblings.com/free-cit...r-by-2010.html

[munki]

Wireless Range Extenders won't even be necessary after moosteticle antler antennae testing is completed... noice...

[payd2purv]

This is what we need.

Free Wifi EVERYWHERE!

fuck 3g.

Ontario Hydro FAILED with this hard.

[d-null]

free wifi will probably mean over saturated network and slow limited connections

[payd2purv]

Originally Posted by jetjet

free wifi will probably mean over saturated network and slow limited connections

Easily fixable. I don't care how much it costs I want free wifi world wide.

Oh how i'd take advantage of Free Wifi :P

[Tickler]

Unfortunately the governments tend to want filters on it.

U.S.A.:
The Federal Communications Commission is looking for a bidder to provide free broadband service.... Half the United States population must be able to access it after four years, and 95% by the time the license comes up for renewal.

There will be one more requirement for the service. A spokesperson for the Commission has told Ars that the FCC wants it to include "content filters".
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...filtering.html

Canada:
The warning linked to a page that said, "Users must not access Internet sites that might bring the public service into disrepute or harm government's reputation, such as those that carry offensive material."

Restricted categories include sex, adult content, racism/hate and "extended government inappropriate." It also blocked sites deemed security risks containing spyware, phishing software and bot networks. The screen would be familiar to government workers, who have contended with the filter for years.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/02/18/NetGlitch/

[yahoo-xxx-girls.com]

Originally Posted by jakethedog

Heard about this the other day so i searched it and well be damned it is supposed to be true ..


With Toronto, Paris, San Francisco, Philadelphia (who were the first to jump on board, way back in 2004), Chicago, Miami Beach, Fredericton (that's the sleepy village in New Brunswick, by the way), and a host of other North American and European centres offering free, state-of-the-art broadband wireless networking citywide across their jurisdictions, the forward thinkers on Vancouver City Council have finally capitulated to the public's will, and on Thursday announced a free, citywide wireless broadband network by 2010.

What does this mean for you? Well, for starters, by 2010 you'll be online, free-of-charge with a state-of-the-art high speed Internet connection 24/7 anywhere (and I do mean anywhere) across the City of Vancouver. Chances are that your cell phone (at least the new Apple iPhone) will connect through a WiMax network, which will forever do away with land-based telephones. You'll be able to surf the 'Net and send e-mails wherever you are (in your car, in the park) at will, wherever and whenever you choose.

Free. (Although, to be perfectly honest, it'll probably be ad-supported)

http://www.vanramblings.com/free-cit...r-by-2010.html

Winnipeg is so wired up that we should have free high speed wifi paid for by government for everyone... it would be a great draw to the city and would help out the very poor students...

[Spunky]

About time something for free.everything else is so expensive

[Vick!]

I hope every bit one earth get connected through internet, either through WiFi, WiMAX or whatever .. some day.