In New York will establish 10,000 free Wi-Fi access points



    In one of the largest megacities in the world, the city of New York, they plan to install 10 thousand hybrid access points to the Network. The word “hybrid” means that these points can also be used for calls to landlines (including 911 and 311), and calls will be free.

    Such points will replace payphones, which are still preserved in many places. In addition to calls and access to the Network, such points will be equipped with charging stations, where it will be possible to recharge the battery at the wrong time of the gadget. All of this will be done by LinkNYC.

    As far as you can understand, the company itself puts dots for free, but each such dot will also be equipped with a screen on which advertising will be displayed. According to the plan, third-party companies will order advertising, and LinkNYC will be able to receive up to $ 500 million in revenue for the first 12 years of the outlets.

    In addition, non-commercial access points will be installed, on which there will be no advertising. It will look something like this:



    The width of the wireless communication channel, according to the company, up to 1 Gb / s. This point, of course, is a bit controversial, because so far conventional Wi-Fi networks do not support a connection at such speeds with conventional mobile devices. True, the communication standard is not indicated by the company itself. Maybe LinkNYC is using some kind of new technology. Or maybe the “gigabit Internet” in the concept of marketers LinkNYC - it's just a high-speed connection. The company said in a statement that “gigabit Wi-Fi provides about 100 times faster connection to the network than the average access point, and 20 times faster connection than the standard connection channel for households. Downloading a two-hour film in HD quality takes only 30 seconds. ”

    If 802.11ac Wi-Fi will be used, now this standard is supported by a very limited model range of mobile devices from various manufacturers. Be that as it may, the initiative is quite interesting.

    The first access points from LinkNYC will appear in the second half of 2015.

    Via theverge

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