Google is looking to replace pay phones across cities with LED displays that provide free Wi-Fi hotspots. And LinkNYC, a wireless hotspot provider in New York City, is the inspiration for how the project will work.

New York’s LinkNYC initiative said in November last year they planned to replace pay phones with displays equipped with free Wi-Fi hotspots. And by the end of 2015, we should expect to see 500 LinkNYC units installed, with the project ultimately planning to have 10,000 operational displays across NYC.

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