Since last December the LinkNYC kiosks have begun to be installed along the bay, with the intention of providing not only calls to any fixed number and cell US, but also Internet signal, two USB chargers, button to report emergencies ( 911) and even an Android tablet for use without a time limit, according to a special report by Andrés Correa published in El Universal
All this, free, interactive advertising funded exposed on the walls of the kiosk, which is expected to generate 500 million dollars over the next 12 years, according to Jen Hensley, general manager of LinkNYC.
The agreement means that 50% of that money should go to the mayor of the city, an institution which in 2014 made a call to private enterprise to update public telephony, obsolete and damaged by vandalism. The other 50% will CityBridge consortium behind LinkNYC, which has invested $ 200 million in fiber optic cabling for this project.