The article below made me think it’s time to get a few new hotspots on the Wireless Toronto map.
Not only have a few WT spots have gone out of business/shutdown, but I’ve seen tons of new spaces that seem perfect for provisioning free wi-fi! With spring not so far away, it seems that a venue sprint or something of the like would be in order… any ideas or takers?
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Montrealers claim to lead Canada in free Wi-Fi
By: Greg Meckbach
ComputerWorld Canada (11 Jan 2008)
Montrealers could soon boast their city has the largest number of free Wi-Fi hot spots, says an administrator of Ile Sans Fils (ISF) , a group of volunteers that helps business owners install wireless Internet access for their customers in Montreal.
Richard Lussier, an administrator with ISF, said he group has installed about 155 free hot spots, serving about 60,000 users.
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In Canada, Toronto has the Wireless Toronto Centre for Social Innovation, which includes 38 businesses operating hot spots. Users who want to pay for Wi-Fi connectivity can hook up to One Zone, operated by Toronto Hydro Telecom in the downtown area.
I’d like to provide a free Wi-Fi hotspot as I’m located right across the street from a park. My only concern is ensuring that business and ‘open access’ stays separate. Anyone know how to configure the router to do this?
ethnicomm,
Wireless Toronto helps provision free wifi hotspots in public places. We use WifiDog software on Linksys routers for our hotspots, and it does a good job of maintaining the public and private parts of your internet access.
If you’d like to sponsor access for that park, that’s great! If you’d like, submit your location through: http://wirelesstoronto.ca/suggest_location.php
Or, come out to our next volunteer meeting (April 14) to find out more!
(Unfortunately, if it’s a home router you’re talking about here, i’m afraid we’re not able to be of help here…)
maybe a http://meraki.com/ solution would work?
Yeah, or FON.
Home router here – Linksys WRT54GS. I have tried FON but did not like how it sucked up the bandwidth. Meraki involves spending money – I just want to share what I’ve got since I’m right across the street from the park.