Comments on: New York starts turning payphones into free Wi-fi hotspots

By: Iyke Otugo

Iyke Otugo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:22:53 +0000

It so good to know that people are thing how to make life better for all of us. Wifi in payphones is wonderful.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:28:59 +0000

Adding Wi-Fi may be nice but the pay phones should remain functional for those that do not have the required electronic devices or for some reason cannot use them.

By: plerudulier

plerudulier — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:57:54 +0000

Reblogged this on Things I grab, motley collection .

By: sonofthunderboanerges

sonofthunderboanerges — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:57:28 +0000

Marshall… Without going overkill and using the bible I knew what you meant. You are concerned with poor people needing to use the actual payphones versus the wifi. Let’s just say that the pay phones are used for BAD things like drug deals, drug beepers, prostitutes, and other illegal activity. So no one honest is being inconvenienced by loss of payphones. And yes Bloomberg et al will spy on wifi activities due to homeland security issues. Just don’t do anything on this wifi you wouldn’t do at the public library as you know you are being monitored there too.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:23:25 +0000

you sir are truly disturb

By: Sassy Lou

Sassy Lou — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:49:47 +0000

Great will the include the FRIGGIN SUBWAY because anything is better than looking at that garbage.?????
WTF.

By: projectzme

projectzme — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:43:18 +0000

Where? Never seen one in London.. do they really? Might explain some of those red phone boxes with no phones with them in the Covent Garden area.. ;-)

By: projectzme

projectzme — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:41:23 +0000

Reblogged this on projectz and commented: This is an absolutely genius idea and we need this in London we have the iconic read phone box disappearing infront of our eyes and this idea is just what we need in our City, some one get on it now.. ;-)

By: zac

zac — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:15:47 +0000

Hurray! America is catching up with the rest of the developed world! This has been happening for quite a number of years in a lot of Asian cities, such as Hong Kong. Granted, free public service is a more recent phenomenon, but the use of payphones as hotspots is not a new idea. It will be more interesting to see if the advent of this revitalization of the payphone creates new, public, “oases,” where people gather to utilize a shared resource for potentially similar purposes.

By: jasonn13

jasonn13 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:20:21 +0000

More easily monitored than a payphone, eh?