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grow our network and benefited from over all lower costs of our wide area network .” There was also a big payoff in improved business continuity , he adds , since dual homing or routing gave the assurance of redundancy in the event of a fibre break .
By taking this step Mississauga laid the foundations of what we now call a Smart City , positioning Mississauga as a leader in the use of technology and a reputation that can attract businesses trying to choose where to locate their operations . “ We have the airport and are close to also major highways . Government can be an enabler – or a barrier . Our strategic plan for the city has laid this out very clearly . Business leaders who come to the Mayor ’ s office or our Economic Development Office soon learn that this is an enabling place to establish a business . If you have a reputation as a technologically sophisticated location , that draws people in .”
Mississauga was very far ahead , a pioneer among Smart Cities . Today the buzz is all around the concept : from Masdar City on a greenfield site at Abu Dhabi to ‘ retrofitted ’ cities
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