The City of Montreal will make an announcement in January about their investment in wifi. Either they’ll come through on a proposal they’ve been working on for over a year with Ile Sans Fil (the very well-established local community wireless group), or they’ll try to go forward on their own, perhaps partnering with a commercial WISP. The former option is more plausible one according to the writer of this piece (and we agree heartily):
Le réseau WiFi prendra e l’ampleur in 2009 – Canoe / Argent