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Toronto to Become One Huge Hotspot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-role-models dept.

8127972 writes "The Toronto Star is reporting that Toronto Hydro is about to announce plans to make all of Toronto Canada a huge wireless hotspot. The project could go live as early as this fall and hopes to bring low cost Internet access to millions of Toronto citizens. In the process it will challenge the Canadian telcos for a share of the $8 billion (CDN) a year wireless market."

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  1. CN tower by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the CN tower kind of out does the linksys router +3dB antenna...

  2. Re:Excellent. by rtaylor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sniff a few million packets full of ... financial data
    But it will be in Canadian currency. That's no good.

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    Rod Taylor
  3. Re:Eh? by LightningBolt! · · Score: 5, Funny

    What $8 bln CDN /yr wireless market?

    I think they're referring to all things sold that have no wires. Like pomegranates.

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  4. Re:Go Canada by Cheapy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Admit it: You're going for the curling.

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    Would you kindly mod me +1 insightful?
  5. Re:Excellent. by thefirelane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sniff a few million packets full of ... financial data
    But it will be in Canadian currency. That's no good.

    Yeah, you'll have to sniff 1.13419964 million packets.