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stouffville suntribune thursday march 9 2006 19 no york region hot spotsfor laptops yet smaller wireless zones under consideration by teresa latchford staff writer if you live in york region and own a laptop dont throw away your cables yet because a wireless network is a little ways off toronto hydro corp announced earlier this week it will be introducing municipal wire lessfidelity also known aswifi to the city by mounting small receiving and transmitting gadgets on street lamps to catch and pass along internet radio waves subscribers can be online anywhere in the city without having to find an outlet making downtown toronto an internet hot spot this is the beginning of some thing and i applaud toronto for going wireless markham regional councillor jim jones said we should see what we can do to be a part of this although the idea has been tossed around by municipalities some think it is the private sectors responsibility he added no official plans to bring wire less networking into york region are in the works but mr jones hopes it wont be long before it is considered we have been keeping an eye on this but we arent taking any action thats at the- present but we all know things change this is not an information tech nology issue but an economic issue he said we have to get communications costs down to compete with other countries and offer citizens better low cost ser vices mr jones has been introducing a project called york one that would combine the use of fibre and wire less access to connect municipali ties libraries schools and organiza tions in the region each would be able to access the same databases and information making the communities connect ed but some municipalities are still leery of the idea paul ferguson president of newmarket hydro ltd said his company has no plans to make the whole town a hot spot but has talked about offering wireless inter net services in some public places such as a library we have been keeping an eye on this but we arent taking any action he said thats at the pre sent but we all know things change right now this is considered a wellrwired community with inter net access provided by rogers and bell after judging the market accep tance and demand there is not a need for it here yet mr ferguson said igs aglismil at a ioigusinessmies js about what matters locally aeinterestmg and success stories faf a your business community ffypufeu a product or seryice to other businesseskwky not put your message where it will beteadby a local audience v i i we offer businessto business advertising at very affordable local and regional j rates v for more information on reliable flyer distribution anywhere in the greater loronto region 9055131717 ext 262 cell 4168368292 bonus pak a powerful marketing envelope filled with exciting savings one very low rate includes design printing distribution call for more information wijilastalong time but fhese 2006 eclipse 5 speed manual 17 alloy wheels power group keyless entry finance 0r 0 iv1 arkh aivi see 83353 imiitcm inicul 4611 hw 7 mar m