The capital of New Brunswick, Canada, launches Wi-Fi project (follow link and download PDF press release): The Fred-eZone (short for Fredericton) project offers free Wi-Fi throughout public spaces with the first phase costing Cdn$150,000. Right now, this includes downtown and the airport, but the project will eventually span all business corridors and public places. Interestingly, the project stems in part from an earlier effort to deploy municipal fiber, which gave the city the easy access to bandwidth that made the Wi-Fi rollout possible.