An Information Highway NYC Hopes will Face Continual Traffic Jams for Years to Come
There is a new highway system materializing throughout New York City and its boroughs. But this highway won’t cause further traffic jams in the Financial District, bottlenecks at the Lincoln Tunnel, or gridlock in Midtown. Concrete and tar are being replaced with bandwidth and for the first truly significant time, people in and around New York City will have faster connectivity speeds, ultra-low latency and greater data capabilities that will dramatically improve the region’s communications capabilities. And it's free. The Big Apple is welcoming its residents and visitors to its 21st century information highway that is changing wireless communications experiences throughout Gotham. Cellular connectivity is nothing new for New York but closing the city’s digital divide and expanding its network offerings in areas where broadband is hard to find, is. LinkNYC, one of the largest public Wi-Fi networks projects being rolled out, will improve wireless technology coverage all over this c...