New York Begins Public Gigabit Wi-Fi Rollout (theverge.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:06PM from the music-industry-already-looking-for-a-way-to-sue-kiosks dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Workers in New York City have begun installing the city's first LinkNYC kiosks. The kiosks are free, public Wi-Fi access points, which are taking the spots formerly occupied by phone booths. 500 more of these hubs will be installed by mid-July, and the full network will eventually include over 7,500 of them. "Once completed, the hubs will also include USB device charging ports, touchscreen web browsing, and two 55-inch advertising displays." The displays are expected to bring the city $500 million in revenue over the next 12 years. When the project was announced in 2014, officials said construction would start "next year." They sure cut it close.

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Re: Expect the Republicans... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-30 14:00 · Score: 2, Funny

The Republicans don't have to kill anyone here to keep us from getting Internet access. Comcast and CenturyLink are doing a great job of that by themselves.
Re: Rem: Expect the Republicans... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-30 14:29 · Score: 2, Funny

I've lived in Seattle all of my life, and the fastest connection I've ever had was 160 kbps DSL. I think the Republicans have threatened to kill our mayor if he allowed fast access