The Wonderful World Of Free Wi-Fisouthern New Hampshire Univ

The Wonderful World of Free Wi-FiSouthern New Hampshire University IT 505- 10885 - M01 02:12:57 GMT -05:00New York City introduced LinkNyc in the mid 2010’s. The city decided to replace the payphones around the city with Wi-Fi hotspots. These old pay phones were converted to Wi-Fi hotspots (fiber optic network) in the form of kiosks. These kiosks will provide a public, free and super-fast network. Users can also make nationwide phone calls, charge devices and browse city maps and services on the kiosk using a built-in tablet.The LinkNYC kiosks were commissioned by the city and developed by “ CityBridge, a consortium of companies including Intersection (a portfolio company of Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs), Qualcomm and CIVIQ Smartscapes” (Mcketta, 2017). Citybridge provides access to the city, the public and other ISP’s. The kiosks provide a fiber optic network whichuses 802.11ac Wave 2 access points with support for 4×4:4 MU-MIMO. The fiber optic network is made possible by the physical installation of fiber cables that carry data at the speed of light. Each kiosk's hotspot can reach up to 150ft-400ft radius.. This network is also faster than most networks, capable of speeds up to 1gigabytes. The download speed on the