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                                <small>November 9th, 2009 by Gabe  </small>
                                
                                
                                        <p>At
today’s Government Management Committee meeting, a report will be
received updating the committee on three public policy initiatives:</p>
<ol><li>Setting up a “Meraki-style” mesh network in one of the priority neighbourhoods.</li><li>Allowing the Oxford Group to install free-to-use, sponsored public Internet terminals in one of the priority neighbourhoods.</li>


<li>Setting up free-to-use public wifi at City Hall and in publicly-accessible areas in other city buildings.</li></ol>
<p>The report is here; it’s quite good, actually:<br>
<a href="http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-25011.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-25011.pdf</a></p>
<p>In addition, the committee invited (through an RFI) “major leaders
in the Wireless marketplace” to “present an overview of their Wireless
strategic directions and plans.” Each will have 15-20 minutes to
present. There’s a bit of info on this here: <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-25060.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-25060.pdf</a></p>


<p>Item 26.21 is scheduled for 1:30pm, and the meeting is in Committee Room 1; I hope to be there.</p>
<p>—</p>
As I mentioned, I think the Staff Report is pretty good — it’s the
first City document I’ve seen that shows a realistic approach to public
wifi. Some highlights &amp; thoughts:<br>
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