Libraries in Toronto are lending portable WiFi hotspots

Toronto Public Library
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Google Canada is partnering with the City of Toronto to lend portable WiFi hotspots, through six of its libraries, all located in low-income areas.

A recent Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission survey found that 11 per cent of Canadians had no home internet service.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-library-wifi-1.3634855

http://futurism.com/libraries-are-now-giving-out-portable-wifi-hotspots-for-free/ / Canadians Canada Toronto borrow portable WiFi hotspots Toronto libraries for free Toronto libraries allowing borrowers take home books WiFi as well city is partnering with Google offer portable WiFi hotspots residents living in low-income neighborhoods project’s goal give free internet Torontonians who can’t afford it WiFi hotspots borrowed for up to six months at a time six library branches around Toronto Google give some of the most underserved a way to bridge the tech divide tech giant Google lending out the hotspots provides users with 10 gigabytes data per month simple effective way to get people online /