New York City to Replace Pay phones & Offer Free Gigabit Wi-Fi in 2015

Tech_Dreamer · November 18, 2014

Great , Now what will Neo use to Escape the Matrix?

Say goodbye to the Payphone

LinkNYC is a proposal for a first-of-its-kind communications network that will bring the fastest available municipal Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers

New York City on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to roll out a free city-wide municipal Wi-Fi network that officials say will be the fastest and most wide-reaching network of its kind in the world

The kiosks will be installed in as many as 10,000 locations throughout the five boroughs and will offer Wi-Fi service of one gigabit per second within a radius of 150 feet. They'll also offer free domestic voice calls to all 50 states

The project which will rely on thousands of kiosks that will be deployed at locations currently occupied by pay phones. The kiosks will be installed in as many as 10,000 locations throughout the five boroughs and will offer Wi-Fi service of one gigabit per second within a radius of 150 feet. They'll also offer free domestic voice calls to all 50 states. The first of the kiosks is expected to begin service in late 2015.

The five-borough LinkNYC network will be funded through advertising revenues, will be built at no cost to taxpayers and will generate more than $500 million in revenue for the City over the first 12 years.

The five-borough LinkNYC network, which will be funded through advertising revenues, will be built at no cost to taxpayers and will generate more than $500 million in revenue for the City over the first 12 years.

The effort, if successful, would seem to make good on a promise by Mayor Bill De Blasio to expand broadband access across the city.

The winning concept came from a consortium of several companies known as Citybridge, which includes the wireless chip company Qualcomm and Titan, the company that runs the largest network of pay phones in the city.

So What's in a Link?

Links are iconically designed connection points that house state-of-the-art wireless technology, interactive systems and digital advertising displays. Each ADA compliant Link structure would provide:

Free 24/7 public Wi-Fi
Free phone calls anywhere in the U.S.
A touchscreen tablet interface to access City services, directions and more
Easy access to 911 and 311
Free charging station for your mobile devices
Digital displays for advertising and public service announcements

Link design & in action.. (image below)

If approved, construction of the LinkNYC network would begin in 2015 and the first structures would become operational by year-end. Up to 10,000 Links would be installed across all five boroughs.

One in five New Yorkers rely on mobile phones for Internet access, often via prepaid services that have finite access to data. That access has a cost when you're doing things like tracking your kids' grades or accessing city services

- Maya Wiley (counsel to the Mayor)

the screens will be used to display ads and public service announcements as well as to help communicate in an emergency. The thinner unit will be in residential areas.

This is not the first effort to boost Wi-Fi access in New York City. Last year, Google agreed to provide free Wi-Fi in an area of Manhattan that surrounds its offices, which happens to be its second-largest outpost after its headquarters in Mountain View.

Link (the source link that is)

http://www.link.nyc

Clyne · November 18, 2014

There was a thread posted a few hours ago..........

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/252749-nyc-to-replace-public-pay-phones-with-10000-free-gigabit-wifi-pylons/

snowComet · November 18, 2014

I think it has been posted today earlier...

Tech_Dreamer · November 18, 2014

There was a thread posted a few hours ago..........

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/252749-nyc-to-replace-public-pay-phones-with-10000-free-gigabit-wifi-pylons/