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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Gigabit WiFi hubs to replace New York pay phones

New York city has reimagined its pay phone network as free gigabit Wi-Fi hub complete with...


Very few New Yorkers (other than the occasional superhero) use pay phone booths anymore due to the ubiquity of the personal cellphone. As a result, the city of New York has been left with many thousands of largely obsolete phones and phone booths along its streets. In an effort to find a use for this aging infrastructure, the city has re-imagined them as a new type of asset that will provide free 24-hour a day gigabit Wi-Fi, free phone calls to anywhere in the United States, touch-screen monitors that access city services and maps, along with a handy charging port for your cellphone... Continue Reading Gigabit WiFi hubs to replace New York pay phones



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