Why Blanket Wireless Coverage in Waterloo Failed, and Potential Solutions

Posted July 22, 2011 by Jason Ernst
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Today the KW Record ran an article entitled "Blanket Wi-Fi plans unplugged in Waterloo Region and Guelph, but growing in Stratford". I thought I'd throw in my two cents since this issue is very related to some of my research. Overall to me, the biggest factor that contributed to the failure of blanket wireless access in the Region of Waterloo was the cost of the service for users. From what I remember, it was on part with many high speed Internet plans. Why would someone pay the same price to have potentially slower, less secure service than competing wired services? The Atria plan used...

Categories: Computer Science, News, Wireless Networks

Tags: Atria, Blanket Coverage, KW Record, Waterloo Region, Wireless

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