It's been very difficult to find time to meet as a group. We all have very real commitments, and especially since it is so close to exams, many of the members of our group are spread very thin. That being said, after finally realizing it would be hard to meet in person, we decided to use the very medium that our business plan is all about. The Internet!
We had a group meeting today via Google Docs. At the same time we were also able write down our ideas, and post links to sites we found so that all the group members could see it.
We were able to find stats on City owned buildings, since our proposal is to the City of Toronto. And we were also able to find out about existing wireless coverages in Toronto.
While researching, I found another group who seems to be doing something very similar. Their project can be viewed at: http://wirelesstoronto.ca/
This is our project: http://www.w-n-n.ca/
While we have found a good amount of raw data, we have no idea how to use any of this as we have been given no real direction, and none of us have any real business experience. Our group will be meeting with Daryl tomorrow, and hopefully he can give us an idea on how to move forward.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
First Meeting
We had our first meeting with the our Service Learning Partner last week. We are working with the Community Access Program. Our main contact is Daryl Hobbs.
CAP's main goal is to provide low cost internet. The area we are working in (St. Jamestown) has a very high population density. What Daryl wants to do is give all these people free Internet access. This would be funded by advertiser's buying ad space on a splash page that every user would have to view before accessing the Internet.
Daryl also thinks that this will in fact help the ISPs since when people who have access to free internet realize they want faster speeds, they will sign on with an ISP.
Daryl's ultimate goal is to get this program going across all of Toronto. Our main goal as a group is to create a business plan proposing this idea, and why it is viable.
CAP's main goal is to provide low cost internet. The area we are working in (St. Jamestown) has a very high population density. What Daryl wants to do is give all these people free Internet access. This would be funded by advertiser's buying ad space on a splash page that every user would have to view before accessing the Internet.
Daryl also thinks that this will in fact help the ISPs since when people who have access to free internet realize they want faster speeds, they will sign on with an ISP.
Daryl's ultimate goal is to get this program going across all of Toronto. Our main goal as a group is to create a business plan proposing this idea, and why it is viable.
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