downtown core free wifi

[Colin McGregor]

--- Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 8/18/06, Kush <be_a_sport-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Anybody knows how the Toronto Hydro plan to give
> free 6 month wifi
> > access in the downtown core is progressing? Is it
> easy to get access or
> > is the service not good enough yet?
> >
> > http://thtelecom.ca/one-zone.html
> > http://thtelecom.ca/THTI_WiFi%20Zone.pdf
> 
> I've been wondering as well.  Also, any ideas on the
> range?  I'm out
> in the Brampton / Mississauga area...  Any chance
> it'll extend this
> far?

This is a Toronto Hydro project and they plan to set
up repeaters to cover all of Toronto over the next few
years, but only Toronto (starting with the downtown
core). Since they are using 802.11g you are talking
300 feet (100 metres) plus or minus. I mean just to
prove it COULD be done I was reading about a bunch of
guy who set up a 125 MILE (201 Km) 802.11b connection
across the desert in Nevada, without amplification,
but with 12 foot (3.7 metre) antennas. So, how close
are are you to the Toronto boundry is the first
question, the second question being how wierd (and/or
big) are you willing to get with your antenna?

Blunt truth, unless you want to get very wierd you are
going to have to talk to the powers that be in
Brampton and/or Mississauga.

Colin McGregor 

> I also spend a lot of time in Hamilton.  I read in
> the Spectator
> earlier this year that the City of Hamilton was also
> thinking about
> setting up city-wide wireless.
> 
> A quick google search turned up an article on
> slashgeo, but no comments...
> 
>
http://industry.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/08/1623229
> 
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