I woke up this morning to the news that at least for now, the TTC which had announced that free WiFi was going away in Toronto’s subway system will stay for now:
The service will now continue at least until studies are done on the impact of the move on vulnerable riders — including youth, women and people with low-income.
TTC staff will also consider a plan to establish a pilot for free Wi-Fi on bus and street platforms, as well as bays at stations, according to the motion, put forward by Coun. Josh Matlow.
I was never completely comfortable with this decision as I am sure it was predicated on the fact that now that 5G cell service is available in the subway, that the TTC didn’t need to spend the cash to upgrade WiFi. The problem with that logic is that this is Canada and Canada has some of the highest costs for cell phone service on the planet. So there’s plenty of people who would be adversely affected by this decision in my mind. As long as the TTC seriously looks at this again and makes a decision that is based on logic and facts, I’m fine with them keeping WiFi in the subway around.
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TTC Reverses Course On Killing Free WiFi In The Subway…. For Now
I woke up this morning to the news that at least for now, the TTC which had announced that free WiFi was going away in Toronto’s subway system will stay for now:
The service will now continue at least until studies are done on the impact of the move on vulnerable riders — including youth, women and people with low-income.
TTC staff will also consider a plan to establish a pilot for free Wi-Fi on bus and street platforms, as well as bays at stations, according to the motion, put forward by Coun. Josh Matlow.
I was never completely comfortable with this decision as I am sure it was predicated on the fact that now that 5G cell service is available in the subway, that the TTC didn’t need to spend the cash to upgrade WiFi. The problem with that logic is that this is Canada and Canada has some of the highest costs for cell phone service on the planet. So there’s plenty of people who would be adversely affected by this decision in my mind. As long as the TTC seriously looks at this again and makes a decision that is based on logic and facts, I’m fine with them keeping WiFi in the subway around.
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