Toronto's public utility, Toronto Hydro Telecom, will make Canada's largest city into a huge wireless hotspot . "This is both an exciting and very important initiative for the city of Toronto", said Toronto's mayor, David Miller . "It puts us on the leading edge of the telecommunications industry nationwide and globally." Mike Lee of Rogers Communications Inc. questioned why the city of Toronto wanted to enter the internet access business. "It will not be an easy business", Lee told the National Post . "In this day and age, the focus should be on core operations more than anything. I was surprised to see they are looking to get into this business." Brian Sharwood, a telecom analyst in Toronto, said the municipality will likely install the wireless transmitters and receivers on its lamp posts as a way to blanket the city, a process known as " wireless mesh networking ".
Toronto's public utility, Toronto Hydro Telecom, will make Canada's largest city into a huge . "This is both an exciting and very important initiative for the city of Toronto", said Toronto's mayor, . "It puts us on the leading edge of the telecommunications industry nationwide and globally." Mike Lee of questioned why the city of Toronto wanted to enter the internet access business. "It will not be an easy business", Lee told the . "In this day and age, the focus should be on core operations more than anything. I was surprised to see they are looking to get into this business." Brian Sharwood, a telecom analyst in Toronto, said the municipality will likely install the wireless transmitters and receivers on its lamp posts as a way to blanket the city, a process known as " ".
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