Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots

Re:Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots by wmf on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:19AM (#8622489)

I downvoted you for excessive cynicism but then I saw that this company is providing the Wi-Fi: http://www.transitwireless.com/what-we-do/wifi-advertising/

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Re:Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots by unicornporn on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @01:18AM (#8622638)

Anybody knows how this "advertising on WiFi" model actually works?

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Re:Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots by King_Nefelibata on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @10:23PM (#8628046)

Here's some info my dad sent me he's actually involved in the project on the Transit Wireless side

http://www.link.nyc/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ziLFANXR9deEJPMmZQcUNUT0l...

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Re:Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots by mcpherrinm on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:00AM (#8623028)

I really hope it is just advertising on a captive portal, and not content injection

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Re:Pay Phones in NYC Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots by spacefight on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:12AM (#8623068)

"Advertisers can reach subway riders in many ways such as sponsorship of Free Wi-Fi, landing page banner advertisements, video advertisements and application downloads"

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