CONTACT:
dcp@alcor.concordia.ca

Ile Sans Fil

Île Sans Fil is a non-profit community group devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montreal, Canada. They use open source software and inexpensive commercial WIFI equipment to share broadband internet connections.

Users can use the internet in certain areas, or hotspots, if they have laptops equipped with a WIFI card. Île Sans Fil works with cafes, stores, community organizations, and individuals to make internet access freely available in public spaces.

Île Sans Fil believes that technology can be used to bring people together and foster a sense of community. In pursuit of that goal, they will be using their hotspots to promote interaction between users, show new media art, and provide geographically- and community-relevant information.