FatPort Corporation Joins citysoup.ca to 'Unwire' Internet Access

Coquitlam, BC, December 11, 2002--FatPort announced that it has signed an agreement with The Smart Choices Society as the new business service partner for the citysoup.ca Innovation Centre.

FatPort Corporation, Canada's leading provider of ultra high speed wireless Internet access, brings wireless Internet service to the citysoup.ca Innovation Centre. With the addition of FatPort to the Innovation Centre family of service providers, visitors to the Innovation Centre can connect instantly and easily to the Internet - without the usual .muss and fuss. associated with most wired technologies.

FatPort was selected because it uses a mature, established network standard (802.11b) and delivers ultra-fast wireless connectivity in an easy to use format - no new methods to learn. Subscribers simply open an Internet browser, log in to the FatPort network with a password and then surf away. Now citysoup.ca.s FatPort customers can pick up their email, surf the .net and stay in touch with friends virtually at the Innovation Centre in Coquitlam.

"This new service continues the fulfillment of Smart Choices. mandate to enable the community through the innovations available via information and communications technologies," says Smart Choices Society Chair R. W. (Bill) Brown. "Ultra high speed wireless Internet access is only the beginning of the benefits the community can expect from the citysoup.ca Innovation Centre" We truly are inspiring business and advancing community.

Mobile professionals, students or anyone with a laptop or PDA with a wireless card will be able to take advantage of citysoup.ca.s FatPort high speed wireless Internet connection. Anyone who has wireless capability within 300 feet of the Innovation Centre will be able to do the same things they would use their home or office Internet connection for, but now wirelessly. FatPort accounts will be available from the Innovation Centre.

.We are happy to be working with the citysoup.ca Innovation Centre by providing the community with easy-to-use wireless Internet connections,. says Michael Kuhlmann, VP of Business Development. .The Innovation Centre showcases technology and innovation in line with FatPort.s corporate vision..

About Smart Choices Society

The Smart Choices project, part of Industry Canada.s Connecting Canadians initiative, was created to drive the development of an eCommunity for residents of the Cities of Port Moody and Coquitlam, British Columbia. To facilitate use of this comprehensive online community, Internet and computer access will be provided through free citysoup.ca Access Stations spread throughout the community and the citysoup.ca Innovation Centre. Education programs and technology coaching will also be provided for new computer users.

Smart Choices is an exciting partnership between business, government, community organizations and community members themselves. The citysoup.ca Innovation Centre in both Port Moody and Coquitlam and the community portal at www.citysoup.ca, which will be previewing December 6th, will offer residents a combination of personal, business and government information and services. Whether it.s checking the weather and traffic; finding a voice in local government; learning about computers or the Internet; renewing a business license; paying a parking fine; learning how to prepare for an earthquake; participating in a community group; signing up for volunteer activities; booking swimming lessons; locating a daycare or pre-school; or finding the best deal on new drapes, for Coquitlam and Port Moody residents, citysoup.ca will be the place to go.

About FatPort

FatPort is the leading provider of wireless Internet access and hardware in Canada. FatPort provides public high-speed wireless internet access to individual and corporate subscribers who use wirelessly enabled laptops, pocket PC.s or handheld devices. FatPort.s FatPoint wireless hardware enables location owners to quickly establish a commercial FatZone. FatPort is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ignition Point Technologies Corporation (TSX: IPN). (www.fatport.com)

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