LinkNYC, A Project to Replace New York City’s Pay Phones With Free High-Speed Wi-Fi

LinkNYC is a project spearheaded by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio that will replace the Big Apple’s 6,400 coin-operated payphones with 10-foot-tall kiosks that offer 24-hour free high-speed Wi-Fi access to a surrounding 150-foot radius. The project, made possible by a consortium of tech companies, will be undertaken with no charge to the taxpayer–and is actually expected to eventually generate revenue for the city through advertising. The project is reminiscent of the NYFi project that won the NYC Payphone Design Challenge back in 2013.

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