Payphones being turned into hotspots

By Hamza Taseer
Correspondent, SAM Daily Times

New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications has found an upgrade for the obsolete payphones. They are being turned into free Wi-Fi hotspots. Internet services are being provided in cooperation with Van Wagner and Titan.

The hotspots have initially come to 10 payphones. But the New York City has 12,360 payphones that could become hotspots.

In a statement, the city promised that “no personal information will be gathered and no advertising will be presented as part of the pilot program.”