Largest wireless network on the books for Toronto
The plan is to fulfill the requirements of this project by the end of 2006.
Acording to Ergomat this project stands out because of the way the city and the utility company aim to utilize the zone.
If Toronto’s wireless network fulfills expectations, it will streamline scores of city services while giving the city better use out of what it describes as its underused fiber-optic network, stated Ergomat.
The city will fall under a blanket of radio signals from transmitters mounted on utility poles that will be able to reach 40 stories high.
This is one international example of how municipalities are lifting their game to become active players in the broadband revolution.
South African municipalities are just beginning to stretch their wings and the results are equally impressive in our local context.
Knysna municipality is the most progressive with a complete wireless network run and maintained by their outsourced partner UniNet.
UniNet are now able to offer reduced cost voice and data services.
The City of Tshwane is not far behind having recently announced the successful launch of their first broadband village in Rooiwal.
Municipalities are fast becoming big players in the broadband arena having started off with projects to decreased internal costs they are now looking to providing their citizens with similar services.
The problem will always be international connectivity which Telkom control.
EASSy, where various stakeholders have invested in a cable which will supply connectivity to the East Coast of Africa, may be a potential solution to this dilemma.
Future trends in the South African broadband industry point to the fact that users are increasingly looking for ways to bypass Telkom in order to cut on costs.
Currently, the municipalities are doing a good job on last mile access and in them lies the dim hope that more South Africans will be able to connect to cyberspace in the near future.
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