Free Internet instead of the phone booths in new York

The administration of new York will change the old phone booth on the streets of new access points to the Internet. The British did something similar in London, but the scale is very much not what Americans expect. They will be giving away Wi-Fi for everyone. In addition to the distribution of Internet they will charge mobile phones and provide an opportunity for free calls to USA.





The program is called LinkNYS — associate new York. "Link" not in the sense of the hands and feet, and to associate with the world.
According to the mayor of the city, bill de Blasio, the launch of hotspots will create about a hundred permanent jobs and 650 temporary, for installation and maintenance.

Who will pay? — ask a picky reader. Taxpayers? No. In each access point vmontiruet monitor, which will display the advertising. The developers of the project say that for 12 years, the is will bring the city $ 500 million.





Some doubted at the expense of impartiality of the location of hotspots. Surely advertisers want to distribute Internet (and show ads) on Manhetane where it sees more potential customers. However, after approval of the plan the location of access points, the doubts have disappeared — they will be distributed throughout the city.





Construction will begin in 2015. For the first year plan to build 500 units.

Source: thinkgreen.ru