Kamloops (the Bastards) Gets Wifi Everywhere
As Rob reports, Kamloops will be the first city in Canada to get city-wide wifi. Lucky bastards.
Once the service is established — likely by May — anyone in Kamloops and anyone within a 25 kilometer radius, depending on terrain, of broadcast towers will be able to get high-speed Internet at their home or office. Based on a new technology called WiMAX the test service is being launched by Victoria wireless developer VCom Inc and Vancouver-based Navigata Communications.
So what’s it going to cost? Ah. “No fee structure had yet been worked out for the WiMAX service.”
The city ought to pick up the tab–up to a point. They should enforce some kind of monthly usage restriction, but otherwise enable users basic access for free. The cost to the government would be relatively small, especially if they devised some public/private partnership where the private companies offered upgraded services to those willing to pay.
