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NYC approves plans to replace payphones with free Wi-Fi hotspots
2014-12-11 14:26:51| Wireless - Topix.net
A city committee approved on Wednesday a 12-year contract which would replace New York City's sidewalk payphones with free Wi-Fi hot spots. The city's Franchise and Concession Review Committee unanimously approved the proposal to install the sleek aluminum Wi-Fi kiosks across the city.
Comcast sued for turning private home routers into public hotspots
2014-12-10 20:45:37| Extremetech
Comcast's new plan to use your Internet bandwidth for its own WiFi network is under fire in the courts thanks to a new lawsuit. Whether the company's actions are legal will hinge on customer consent and socialized cost.
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Switchboard: Comcast customers sue over the companya s public WiFi hotspots
2014-12-09 14:01:40| Wireless - Topix.net
APRIL 22: According to reports April 22, 2014, Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., has announced that revenues were up 13.7 percent this quarter compared to a year ago and that it added 24,000 paying TV subscribers. POMPANO BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 13: A Comcast truck is seen parked at one of their centers on February 13, 2014 in Pompano Beach, Florida.
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Comcast sued for turning home Wi-Fi routers into public hotspots
2014-12-09 05:37:34| Wireless - Topix.net
Two East Bay residents are suing Comcast for plugging their home's wireless router into what they call a power-wasting, Internet-clogging, privacy threatening network of public Wi-Fi hotspots. The class-action suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of Toyer Grear and daughter Joycelyn Harris, claims Comcast is "exploiting them for profit" by using their Pittsburg home's router as part of a nationwide network of public hotspots.
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New York City Pay Phones To Become WiFi Hotspots
2014-11-20 05:20:39| Wireless - Topix.net
The day of the old-fashioned public telephone seems to have passed long ago thanks to how ubiquitous cell phones have become and the fact that nobody seems to carry change anymore, but the numerous pay phone locations in major cities like New York City will be re-purposed into something modern if a new proposal works out as planned: The modern New York pay phone will provide no shelter from the rain, no alcove for the quarreling couple seeking a private moment to reconcile. It will afford little refuge to the prospective superhero requiring a wardrobe change.
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