ZAP Sherbrooke (ZAP stands for "Public Access Zone" in French") is a non-profit community wireless network which provides free wireless Internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
[1] The network was built using Open-source software and inexpensive off-the-shelf Wi-Fi hardware to share broadband Internet connections.
[2] In 2008 the project received the OCTAS Award for "Technologies at the Service of Communities".
It is also available in cafés, restaurants, bars, stores, and community organizations which pay a $200 fee the first year and $75 each subsequent year to join the network.
[2] As of March 2010, the network has over 35,000 registered users and over 240 live hotspots.