Good: Free WIFI Coming To Translink!!! BAD: In 2020…

TransLink and Shaw Communications Inc. have announced they will be providing free wi-fi to transit customers across Metro Vancouver.

You know, because those Shaw hotspots work SO GREAT!!!

And this isn’t just for SkyTrain riders. The free wi-fi will be available to everyone on bus, SeaBus and SkyTrain lines, regardless of whether or not they are Shaw customers. Eventually the service will expand to HandyDART and West Coast Express.

Here’s the kicker – The first wi-fi hubs will go online in 2020. TransLink and Shaw will refine the system design and plan to run trials in 2019, with deployment starting in 2020. TransLink expects the entire network to be completed by 2025. Wi-fi rollout will begin with SkyTrain and buses.