Radioactif, an ISP (which has also web properties), and Nomad, a company specialized in wireless technologies, announced today that they will provide internet and telephony services for montrealers with wimax.
They will be targeting first the Plateau area, then will extend coverage to the greater Montreal area. This is a first for Canada: if Toronto has already city-wide wireless coverage, the city is using the “old” wifi technology. Wimax on the other hand is much more powerful, with bandwidth up to 5mbps, on longer distances. Imagine this as having an ADSL connection but without an ethernet cable, and without relying on a coffee/library’s internet connection.
Radioactif will market a voip and internet service at 30 dollars/month, which will undercut all existing internet plans avalaible in Quebec.
I love it when small players play the rebels against the giants – bell and videotron :-)
Comments
Fred Brunel June 14, 2007
That’s great news! Free, a french telecom company hope to deploy WiMAX in France in the coming years.
WiMAX will be the only solution to bypass mobile operators giant and making great mobile applications.
Heri June 14, 2007
yes fred, thats a big news. i would say that’s the biggest tech news this month. i can’t wait to unsuscribe from my current provider — although i dont know if they have a wimax card for macbook pros
Anonymous June 14, 2007
If the thing is reliable enough, it could be a valuable alternative to the telcos and cable internet. Go consumer choice! I can’t wait till this makes it’s way accross canada.
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