Comments on: Is LinkNYC the blueprint for City Wi-Fi everywhere?

By: Charan

Charan — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:07:36 +0000

I agree Scotty, nothing special about NYC. Factually, RoW has helped NYC get this piece of WiFi technology that has been progressively evolving for long.
@ Mahendra, you don’t need NYC consortium, please get RoW, technology can be delivered for Mobility WiFi 400 Mb +

By: mahendra Lalwani

mahendra Lalwani — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:20:45 +0000

We would like to work the Newyork WIFI consortium and deploy similar project in New Delhi

By: Scotty Mac

Scotty Mac — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:36:12 +0000

In Hong Kong, PCCW put their WiFi in all their phone boxes. So if you wanted WiFi you had to find a phone box or be Superman and change in the phone box to get service. Competitors provide piece meal WiFi services at best.
Buses in China have now deployed Free WiFi, and the Metro stations have had mobile for many years, and have installed WiFi hot spots which are just as stupid as a booth.
Major Five Star Hotels provide “Free” WiFi Hong Kong for a limited 15-30 minutes and then get ripped off, as you have to pay high premiums. If you are not a hotel guest, forget it.

By: Scotty Mac

Scotty Mac — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:22:31 +0000

Why do the Americas assume they are the first to deploy public WiFi in a city. The Kiosk will be a failure and people will not pay for adds or have the time to wait for an add to finish to be bale to get their WiFi messages.
In Asia Singapore and Korea are the most ubiquitous followed by China an to some degree Hong Kong. And this has been the case for many years (ten years).
Hong Kong and Singapore had Mobile in its Metro system twenty years ago unlike the US which still has poor technology deployment. The value for money is very poor.
Also if the mobile companies provided more competitive pricing for data, as they do in Asia, WiFi would be just an alternate.
WiFi is FREE in Asia in many environments, especially government buildings and parks and the food and beverage business.Even airports and train stations in Asia have FREE WiFi