Wireless Toronto is a volunteer not-for-profit
community wireless network in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
. Wireless Toronto began in 2005 with the goal of setting up no-cost public wireless Internet access around the
Greater Toronto Area and exploring ways to use
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wav ...
technology to strengthen local community and culture. At its peak, Wireless Toronto hotspots served over 1000 connections per day at 38 individual locations.
Wireless Toronto
hotspots
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are created using Linksys
WRT54G
The Linksys WRT54G Wi-Fi series is a series of Wi-Fi–capable residential gateways marketed by Linksys, a subsidiary of Cisco from 2003 until acquired by Belkin in 2013. A ''residential gateway'' connects a local area network (such as a home netw ...
or Motorola WR850G wireless routers running
OpenWrt
OpenWrt (from ''open wireless router'') is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox. All ...
and
WifiDog.
Other free wireless services in the GTA
* The
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library (TPL) (french: Bibliothèque publique de Toronto) is a public library system in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest public library system in Canada, and in 2008 had averaged a higher circulation per capita than any other pub ...
(TPL) offers free public wireless access in all of its 99 branches.
* The
Markham Public Libraries (MPL) offers free public wireless access in the Angus Glen Library, the Markham Village Library, the Thornhill Community Library, and the Unionville Library
*
Viva offers free wireless access on its Rapid Transit Vehicles
TOwifioffers a free Wi-Fi hotspot map
* The
TTC offers free, ad supported wireless service at many of its stations
See also
*
Municipal wireless network
A municipal wireless network is a citywide wireless network. This usually works by providing municipal broadband via Wi-Fi to large parts or all of a municipal area by deploying a wireless mesh network. The typical deployment design uses hundred ...
*
List of wireless community networks by region
References
External links
Wireless Toronto SiteWireless Toronto BlogWireless Toronto Locations MapToronto Public Library Free Wireless Internet Access Service
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
Organizations based in Toronto
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