New Yorkers are getting more free WiFi Internet access thanks to search giant Google. The Southwest Chelsea neighborhood, where Google has its NYC offices, will get free WiFi. Google’s free WiFi network will cover the area between Gansevoort St and 19th St from 8th Ave to the West Side Highway. Google’s free WiFi covers public spaces like Gansevoort […]
FREE Rejoice, New Yorkers. Microsoft is sponsoring free WiFi Internet access at high traffic NYC locations like subway stations from now until December 31, 2012. Besides six subway stations in Chelsea, Microsoft plans to sponsor free WiFi at 200 Manhattan hot-zones, starting November 1. Microsoft’s free WiFi sponsorship is part of the company’s efforts to […]
After getting free (but spotty) WiFi at major public parks, New Yorkers can now look forward to free Internet access via public payphones under a new pilot program. The radius of the Payphone WiFi service will be between 100-200 feet from the payphone where the equipment is installed. NYC officials unveiled the Payphone WiFi initiative […]
Harlem’s Rucker Park became the 22nd New York City park to get AT&T’s free WiFi Internet access service. Rucker Park is located at 155th St and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. Named after Holcombe Rucker (1926-1965), the park is famous for the basketball tournament he founded. Besides basketball courts, Rucker Park has a baseball field […]
Yes, we live in a connected world. Most of us develop severe withdrawal symptoms should we be untethered from the Internet for over 30-minutes. Fortunately, there are several hundred FREE WiFi hotspots in Manhattan (i.e. besides all the unsecured private ones) from where you can fire up your laptop or turn on your iPad or […]
