Heard about this the other day so i searched it and well be damned it is supposed to be true ..
With Toronto, Paris, San Francisco, Philadelphia (who were the first to jump on board, way back in 2004), Chicago, Miami Beach, Fredericton (that's the sleepy village in New Brunswick, by the way), and a host of other North American and European centres offering free, state-of-the-art broadband wireless networking citywide across their jurisdictions, the forward thinkers on Vancouver City Council have finally capitulated to the public's will, and on Thursday announced a free, citywide wireless broadband network by 2010.
What does this mean for you? Well, for starters, by 2010 you'll be online, free-of-charge with a state-of-the-art high speed Internet connection 24/7 anywhere (and I do mean anywhere) across the City of Vancouver. Chances are that your cell phone (at least the new Apple iPhone) will connect through a WiMax network, which will forever do away with land-based telephones. You'll be able to surf the 'Net and send e-mails wherever you are (in your car, in the park) at will, wherever and whenever you choose.
Free. (Although, to be perfectly honest, it'll probably be ad-supported)
http://www.vanramblings.com/free-cit...r-by-2010.html