[ogWiFi] Hotspot Organizations in Ottawa

[René Hatem]

JP

Great idea to continue on the mailing list - thanks for the suggestion!

So if I have a catering-type business in Ottawa-Gatineau, and would
like to offer wifi to my patrons, there are basically 3 choices:

a) do it myself
b) pay a "for-profit"
c) sign up with OG-wifi

Have I missed anything?

Re: the "for-profit", what is their value-add compared to the
community-based approach?   E.g. do they take car of ordering the
service from an ISP?  Promise a SLA? ...
In what instances might a catering-type business prefer option b) to
option c) above?

-rene



2009/3/31 Jean-Pierre Fiset <jp at fiset.ca>:
> René,
>
> I do not know of any other organization that provides free wireless, in
> Ottawa. Ile-Sans-Fil (http://www.ilesansfil.org/) has a similar approach
>  in Montreal and other organizations provide similar services in other
> regions.
>
> In Ottawa, there are other Wifi networks, but they differ from ogWifi in
> that they are "for-profit" companies, as opposed to community-based
> organization.
>
> Do you mind if we continue this conversation on the mailing list?
> (ogwifi at list.flora.ca, http://list.flora.ca/mailman/listinfo/ogwifi)
>
> JP
>
> René Hatem wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> What other organizations in Ottawa - Gatineau do you know of that
>> provide a similar service to that which OG-wifi provides?
>>
>> Thks
>> -rene