Tuesday, July 8, 2003
Calgary Wireless City Showcase Hotspot
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:08 AM
"Calgary is a major centre for the development of Advanced Technologies, and Calgarians are the leading users of Wireless Technology in North America. With hundreds of thousands of people traveling in and out of the downtown core every day, and tens of thousands more who call it home, it’s a prime location for showcasing Wi-Fi technology and the Calgary-based companies that make Wi-Fi Hotspots work. This exciting Wireless City project was built to illustrate a large distributed Hotspot using Wireless Backhaul, and how a Wi-Fi Access Operator can offer Roaming from Multiple Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)."
It's not often I get to crow about the great things my city does, but this is a rare exception: they deployed a very large access point to give downtown Wi-Fi users free access, up to 60 minutes per day. My wife worked on this project, and while I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, it looks like a solid, well-conceived deployment. Have any of my fellow Calgarians who read this site given it a try yet? What were your experiences?
As for the rest of you, does your local city offer any sort of public WiFi access? I wonder if, in a few years, just like bathrooms and water fountains, local governments will offer Wi-Fi access to the public?
It's not often I get to crow about the great things my city does, but this is a rare exception: they deployed a very large access point to give downtown Wi-Fi users free access, up to 60 minutes per day. My wife worked on this project, and while I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, it looks like a solid, well-conceived deployment. Have any of my fellow Calgarians who read this site given it a try yet? What were your experiences?
As for the rest of you, does your local city offer any sort of public WiFi access? I wonder if, in a few years, just like bathrooms and water fountains, local governments will offer Wi-Fi access to the public?
