WIFI HOTSPOTS REPLACING PHONE BOOTHS

HOW MANY ARE EXPECTED?

• Around 7,500 pay phones are expected to be replaced with wifi hotspots.
• 500 by July this year

Appearance
Over 9.5
feet tall/ 1 foot wide

PROS

• Replace phone booths that become less and less of a benefit to the people of the city.
• Free wifi might help carriers by taking some strain off their overloaded networks.
• Free wifi which allows less use of data for phone carries
• Speed up to 1,000 megabits a second, which is 100 times faster than average wifi
• Offers access to city services and directions
• Ex: a two hour movie could be downloaded in 30 seconds
• Companies can promote/advertise with the hotspots digital display
• Wifi range is 150 feet in any direction and up to 250 devices could use the hotspot at the same time
• Able to charge your phone

COMPANIES

• This wifi Project is known as link NYC
• Project funded by the Companies Citybridge, Qualcomm, and Titan
• invested over $200 million dollars in the project

CONS

• Certain hotspots will be overcrowded
• More people will be on their phones
• Over crowding of people in an area
• Increase in taxes
• Lack of internet security (They can see what you search)
• Pricey operation
• Less public phones for use in nyc
• Over 250 devices using the hotspot could make it crash