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LinkNYC
LinkNYC is an infrastructure project designed to create a network to cover New York City with free Wi-Fi service. The plan was announced by the mayor's office on November 17, 2014. The project brings free, encrypted, gigabit wireless internet coverage to the five boroughs by converting old payphones into hotspot points. Deployment was originally scheduled to start by late 2015, but the first kiosks were deployed in January 2016. LinkNYC is intended to be the largest and fastest public wifi network in the world, with an estimated 7,500 kiosks installed throughout the New York City metropolitan area. LinkNYC is also seen as a model for future city builds as part of smart city data pools and infrastructures.