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TOist, Everywhere You Want To Be?

By Ron Nurwisah, Boy Reporter

2006_6_6toronto.jpgToronto Hydro is leapfrogging over cellphone companies and planning to offer citywide WiFi which means you can access Torontoist pretty much everywhere. Like on skating rinks, or parks or heck, even while you’re driving (something we don’t support and won’t be liable for if you’re stupid enough to do it). According to the Toronto Star story Ted Rogers is very very pissed off about the development. All we have to say is good, that guy deserves it. Have you seen TOist’s cable and phone bill?!
The development means we join cities like Philadelphia, San Francisco and Chicago with plans or already having city-wide Wi-Fi. Coincidentally these are all city with -Ist sites. Coincidence? We think not.

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  • amanaplan

    With the Nintendo Revolution coming out later this year, with inbuilt wifi support, this couldn’t happen at a better time. And fuck Ted Rogers.
    SkyDome forever.

  • http://www.boyreporter.ca Ron Nurwisah, Boy Reporter

    Wow, wireless “gameboy” means we can totally play Mario Kart head to head wherever and whenever we want. Like while in gridlock on the DVP (again we’re not advocating dangerous driving). I’m sure as soon as this happens some tool will get caught driving and gaming. The fact that it hasn’t happened yet surprises me.

  • http://xofer.com xofer

    ^^^ Considering the PSP uses “Play in Traffic” as a tagline on their current ad campaign, alongside “Watch where you’re going”, it shocks me as well.
    Citywide WiFi is Great, bu will make it even harder to shake this dirty dirty internet addiction.

  • http://www.newmindspace.com kevin bracken

    if it’s more than $10 a month, i will be a very sad panda :(

  • http://paigesix.blogspot.com Paige

    Now now, I already drive through Toronto with a Mario Kart mentality… and if it wasn’t for those damned slippery bananas I would totally be winning too.

  • Adrian

    Paige.. We both know you can’t drive…
    Maybe my cabby was “gaming” when he hit that pedestrian at wellesley and university while driving me home friday night….

  • Mass_man

    Yo, don’t forget Cambridge, MA, my fair city! We’re going to have (