Those pay phone booths now rarely used in New York City maybe become the hottest commodity for millions of smartphone and cell phone users by the summer of 2015 as the city administration is considering turning them into wireless hot spots.
Transitioning the phone booths is just one of the city's ideas to make wireless access ubiquitous to residents and tourists as it may also add thousands of Wi-Fi portals as well.
According to one news report the pay phone effort would involve 7,300 public phones and Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly intends to build out a public Wi-Fi network at the start of 2015.
The pay phone hotspots would give free service to cell phone, smartphone and mobile computing device users that are within an 85-foot radius.
The report claims city officials have already sent out a request for proposals to get vendor estimates on the Wi-Fi network proposal. The city is already involved in providing greater wireless access in subway stations.
The city is also aiming to finish a 95-block wireless zone in Harlem by the end of May. It will be accessible to 93,000 residents.
