Internet users in the Timmins area will soon be able to access free high-speed wireless service at 80 public locations.
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) will provide $47,885 to the North Eastern Ontario Communications Network Inc. (NEONet), to deploy these Internet access points, known as hotspots.
An information and communication technology development organization based in Timmins, NEONet, will provide these hotspots at 80 designated public facilities in Timmins, as well as Kirkland Lake, Hearst, Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falls, Moonbeam, Temagami, Latchford, McGarry and Temiskaming Shores.
The project is scheduled to start soon and will take about six months to complete. It will boost the local economy by creating jobs to do site surveying, network design, access point installation and launch.
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