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2009 is the deadline by which two Quebec-based companies are aiming to have all of Montreal wrapped under a huge WiMax-based Wi-Fi “blanket”.

Internet service provider (ISP) Radioactif.com and network installer Nomade Telecom Inc. are currently beta-testing a 100-square kilometre Wi-Fi mesh they have deployed in Plateau Mont-Royal, the city’s densest neighbourhood.

The partners intend to offer wireless Internet and IP telephony services to residents in the area by September.

More and more cell phones can access WiFi, allowing the phones to work in cellular dead zones, and potentially saving consumers money by avoiding using cell networks altogether. The Wall Street Journal writes: “Operators have resisted selling WiFi phones in the past, fearing that such devices would eat into revenue from voice and data plans by allowing customers to cut back on cellular-network usage.”

How we work and the way in which we work has been changing since it became a requirement of the human condition.

The Net is wearing away the power of institutions that have forgotten how to sound human and how to engage in conversation. The next decade should see the development of a more thoughtful internet. Enabled by information technologies, the pace of learning in the next decade will increasingly be set by student choices. In ten years, most students will spend at least part of their “school days” in virtual classes, grouped online with others who share their interests, mastery, and skills regardless of where they are on the globe. By 2015, as telework and home-schooling expand, the boundaries between work and leisure will diminish significantly. This will sharply alter everyday family dynamics.