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LinkNYC, the city's free wireless network. - SteveG - 02-16-2016
"New York City" meaning Manhattan, of course. The large majority of New York City' population (in the other boroughs) aren't holding their breath.
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/what-it-means-consumers-and-brands-new-york-becoming-smart-city-169643
By the relatively recent end of their life cycle, those pay phones dotting the Manhattan landscape had largely been beaten into a state of dysfunction. But soon, they will be replaced by sleek, Wi-Fi-enabled kiosks, making New York home to the most advanced citywide wireless network in North America.
This is one of a couple of dozen cities around the world edging ever closer to becoming what is known as a "smart city," an urban location tightly connected with advanced forms of technology involving not only mobile devices and ads but sophisticated forms of healthcare, energy, transportation, property management, and waste and water systems. A city must be advanced in several of those areas in order to become a smart city, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, which projects that there will be 26 such cities worldwide by 2025. What's more, "there will be hundreds of cities that will try and adopt one or two smart city areas over the course of the next few years," says Archana Amarnath, a global director at the firm.
Aside from New York, cities including Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Lisbon, London, even Kansas City are aggressively seeking to become smart cities, with Singapore aiming to become the first "smart country." But for now, all eyes are on New York, whose old pay phones have in recent weeks been swiftly getting replaced by kiosks powered by LinkNYC, the city's free wireless network. LinkNYC is "first and foremost a utility for the people of the city that also doubles up as an advertising network. It has the fastest Internet speed available—not only is it enabling Wi-Fi in the city, but it's at gigabit speed," says Mike Gamaroff, head of innovation at the global out-of-home firm Kinetic. (Subscribers of cable or telco data plans are able to get 20 or 30 megabit speeds at best, he notes.)
The LinkNYC locations are, in fact, the only places in North America where a consumer can get gigabit-speed Internet service, says Nick Cardillicchio, strategic account manager at Civiq Smartscapes, designer and manufacturer of New York's kiosks. On a cold, wet afternoon this month, Cardillicchio provided a tour up Manhattan's Third Avenue, north of 14th Street, where the first kiosks, known as Links, have been installed. All told, 16 Links are up and running, as part of LinkNYC's initial test.
Re: LinkNYC, the city's free wireless network. - mrbigstuff - 02-16-2016
This is one of a couple of dozen cities around the world edging ever closer to becoming what is known as a "smart city," an urban location tightly connected with advanced forms of technology involving not only mobile devices and ads but sophisticated forms of healthcare, energy, transportation, property management, and waste and water systems.
what the hell does that mean? why does a city need ads?
Re: LinkNYC, the city's free wireless network. - steve... - 02-16-2016
what the hell does that mean? why does a city need ads?
In the graphic, it says "two 55 inch screens featuring ads" (but that kiosk doesn't look quite big enough).
I suppose for additional income, like advertising on buses.