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Cisco and the Government of Saskatchewan announced in July that the citizens of Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw now have free Wi-Fi access throughout most of the downtown cores.
The rollout puts these cities more than a year behind Toronto’s One Zone implementation, but Saskatchewan still gets the nod for innovation. Why? Saskatchewan! Connected is free. Toronto Hydro Telecom charges $5 for one hour, $10 for a day and $30 per month.
Saskatchewan’s free network gives citizens of those cities unfettered access to the Web and to e-mail and that means they will use the network. It also means businesses can create cutting-edge Wi-Fi applications. Those two factors could make Saskatchewan a hotbed of mobile innovation.
It was nice for Toronto, for a little while. Being an innovation leader. But hats off to Saskatchewan. Good job, folks. We look forward to seeing this play out. And we wonder which city will be next, because frankly, everyone else is now falling behind.
Peter Wolchak
Posted August 7, 2007
Categories:
Canadian Technology Associations
Wireless
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