Toronto's rich to get better Internet service than the rest of us pions

Someone please, free us from Rogers.

Toronto will soon play host to some of the planet’s fastest Internet, owing to a rare network planned for developments in the east waterfront.

The “ultra-broadband network” will make new neighbourhoods in the area among the “most connected in the world,” said Waterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell at a Tuesday morning announcement.

To be available in the under-construction communities of East Bayfront and West Donlands, the network will offer residents Internet speeds of up 100 megabits per second — 20 times the Toronto average.

“You’ve got a big sandbox to play in now, whereas historically you had enough to get by,” says Joe Deklic, a vice president with Cisco Systems Canada.

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