Making Ottawa a wireless city is less costly than most people expect and would make a bold statement about how technology friendly Ottawa really is.
Ottawa can tap into several local initiatives to provide free wireless to all citizens and tourists making a significant step and statement about technology.
Ottawa has three components that should make it prime for free wifi city-wide:
- This Task Force with a great grasp of technology and the benefits for citizens.
- ogWIFI, a non-profit group that will support free WIFI in Ottawa - Gatineau for only $50/year
- National Capital Freenet, another NPO that offers very low-cost internet
We have political willingness, nearly free support, and low-cost supplier, and yet, we have almost 7 free locations in Ottawa.
Check out Ottawa locations compared to Montreal (from 11/07):
Free wireless would be a powerful and inexpensive step in the right direction.
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