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These things were always broken in NY when I was working....
Made it harder to do outside sales....
City to expand free Wi-Fi by transforming old pay phones into hotspots
Under the city's plan, the first of the new 21st century phone booths ? which would still allow users to make calls ? would be on the streets by the summer of 2015. The city also envisions adding thousands more free-standing Wi-Fi portals. Mayor de Blasio has framed his push for free Wi-Fi as a matter of economic justice.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, May 11, 2014, 8:10 PM
New York is on its way to becoming one of the most wired cities in the country.
The de Blasio administration is vowing to create a public Wi-Fi network that would provide free Internet access across large parts of the city beginning next year.
Much of the new connectivity would come from transforming 7,300 old pay phone locations into Wi-Fi hotspots offering free service to anyone within an 85-foot radius.
The city also envisions adding thousands more free-standing Wi-Fi portals, bringing the total number of new communication points to as many as 10,000.
Under the plan, the first of the new 21st century phone booths ? which will still allow users to make local phone calls and free 911 and 311 calls ? would be on the streets by the summer of 2015.
The city recently issued a request for proposals from tech companies to create the network.
"High-speed Internet access is now as fundamental as water, as fundamental as the railroads were in the 18th century."
The city also is working to expand its existing free Wi-Fi network ? begun under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a major Mayor de Blasio priority ? into all five boroughs.
By the end of this month, the city is expected to complete the installation of a 95-block wired zone in Harlem, the largest continuous free public network in the U.S.
The network, funded by a $2 million gift from philanthropist Glenn Fuhrman, will operate from 110th to 138th Sts., between Madison Ave. and Frederick Douglass Blvd, an area of 80,000 residents, including 13,000 in public housing.
The southern end already is connected.
?I have been very pleasantly surprised,? said Cozetta Crawford, an East Harlem resident who uses the Wi-Fi ?all the time.?
Under the city's plan, the first of the new 21st century phone booths ? which would still allow users to make calls ? would be on the streets by the summer of 2015. The city also envisions adding thousands more free-standing Wi-Fi portals. Mayor de Blasio has framed his push for free Wi-Fi as a matter of economic justice.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, May 11, 2014, 8:10 PM
New York is on its way to becoming one of the most wired cities in the country.
The de Blasio administration is vowing to create a public Wi-Fi network that would provide free Internet access across large parts of the city beginning next year.
Much of the new connectivity would come from transforming 7,300 old pay phone locations into Wi-Fi hotspots offering free service to anyone within an 85-foot radius.
The city also envisions adding thousands more free-standing Wi-Fi portals, bringing the total number of new communication points to as many as 10,000.
Under the plan, the first of the new 21st century phone booths ? which will still allow users to make local phone calls and free 911 and 311 calls ? would be on the streets by the summer of 2015.
The city recently issued a request for proposals from tech companies to create the network.
"High-speed Internet access is now as fundamental as water, as fundamental as the railroads were in the 18th century."
The city also is working to expand its existing free Wi-Fi network ? begun under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a major Mayor de Blasio priority ? into all five boroughs.
By the end of this month, the city is expected to complete the installation of a 95-block wired zone in Harlem, the largest continuous free public network in the U.S.
The network, funded by a $2 million gift from philanthropist Glenn Fuhrman, will operate from 110th to 138th Sts., between Madison Ave. and Frederick Douglass Blvd, an area of 80,000 residents, including 13,000 in public housing.
The southern end already is connected.
?I have been very pleasantly surprised,? said Cozetta Crawford, an East Harlem resident who uses the Wi-Fi ?all the time.?
