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January 20, 2016

NYC wants to cover itself in Wi-Fi by using old payphones

  • At least 7,500 hot spots in phone booths are expected to go online early next year at a cost of $200 million.
    • By JENNIFER PELTZ
    Associated Press

    NEW YORK — Operator, won't you help me replace this call?

    A 9-foot-tall, narrow structure recently installed on a Manhattan sidewalk is signaling a plan to turn payphones into what's billed as the world's biggest and fastest municipal Wi-Fi network.


     
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