Launch: Toronto Hydro Telecom’s Wi-Fi Network
After¬†a 2-month delay, THT is¬†(officially) launching the 1st phase of their wi-fi network in the downtown financial district.¬† Wednesday’s launch at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in the heart of Toronto’s financial core is emblematic of THT’s (and other u-telcos’)¬†enterprise-oriented strategy.¬†
Toronto Hydro Telecom Goes Live with Phase 1 of Canada’s Largest WiFi Network in Toronto’s Financial Core.
WHEN:     WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
               11 am Р12 noon
WHERE:    TSX Broadcast Centre
               The Exchange Tower
               130 King Street West
WHO:       Clare Copeland, Chair, Board of Directors, Toronto Hydro Corporation
               David Miller, Mayor, City of Toronto
               David Dobbin, President, Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc.
 
September 5th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Interesting – so I’m guessing this *won’t* be free, eh?
September 6th, 2006 at 11:00 am
The service is free until the end of December. Coverage map shows from Front street south to Bloor street north, Jarvis east to Spadina west.
September 6th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
[...] Toronto Hydro Telecom announced today the launch of it’s city-wide WiFi initiative, One Zone. The first phase of a plan to provide all of Toronto with affordable wireless internet is now active. Phase 1 covers an area from Front to Queen, and from Church to Spadina. By the end of this year that coverage will be significantly expanded, reaching all the way north to Bloor, and from Bathurst to Parliament south of Queen — six square kilometers, the largest WiFi network in Canada. [...]