By decision of the mayor, all phone booths in New York will be converted into wifi hotspots so that all citizens can have free access to the internet.
The phone booths in New York, besides being too numerous (over 7,000), are of no use to any citizen since everyone now has cell phones..
On this occasion, city officials decided, after research, to convert them into Wi-Fi hotspots so that all citizens can have a wireless network for free.
Also, inside each booth, citizens will be able to charge their mobile phone or tablet, while it is possible that there will also be touch screens that will provide useful information about the city to passersby.
In this way, it is estimated that the new phone booths will help those citizens who cannot afford to pay for a good broadband connection, while at the same time, for the implementation of this plan, in addition to the new jobs that are expected to be created, experts believe that by 2026, advertising revenue from digital advertisements that will appear in the booths will reach $17.5 million.
Source: newsit.gr
