AT&T to power free Wi-Fi in 20 NYC parks

By on Jun 10, 2011 at 12:07 PM
mobile June 10, 2011

New York City’s mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday that the city will soon offer free Wi-Fi in 20 of its parks. AT&T will power the service, which will be available in popular spots such as Prospect Park, Battery Park, and Central Park, later this summer, but New Yorkers can already surf for free in Battery Bosque Park, the Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and Thomas Jefferson Park, among others. The public will have ad-free access to the free networks for at least the next five years. No word on whether you’ll actually be able to use an AT&T phone for voice calling in the parks, however.

[Via The New York Times]

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  • datzdaone

    YES! now can slingbox in da park

  • oldman

    ” No word if you’ll actually be able to use an At&t phone in the parks for voice calling.”

    Im using it now NOT on wifi to post this as I’m on a boring conference call on my Atrix. LOVE that ability to use voice and data at the same time.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

    How ironic would it be for one to use a t-mobile and use the “Wi-Fi Calling” or UMA to obtain a signal via ATT’s Wi-Fi centers and not use any of their pooled minuets.

  • Anonymous

    ‘No word on whether you’ll actually be able to use an AT&T phone for voice calling in the parks’

    Answer:
    You can’t use an AT&T phone anywhere in NYC for voice calling but you should know that already, Todd.

    I think this a great thing and it should alleviate the burden and strain on AT&T’s network bandwidth. I just hope they don’t suffer another nationwide outage like they did three summers ago!

    • Ginadee

      Tech bloggers brining up incidents that happened 3 years ago as if they were somehow relevant today?  Typical Verizon kiosk employee at their best spreading FUD.

    • Life

      Are u that troll I saw under the bridge at Central Park where all those PR chicks got raped in early 2000….yeah that’s u.

  • Steel

    AT&T:  We’ve given up on voice calling, but we still care about connecting you to the Internet.

  • Anonymous

    Now hackers can just perv out at the park while stealing everyone’s information. 

    • MJ

      hackers lol guess where a majority of muggings happen in NYC? city parks. Cant wait to have my stuff stolen………..

      • Anonymous

        Forgot about that one… +1

      • Sean Reeder

        Might as well stay inside your little safety bubble. central park is perfectly safe if you use your brain.

  • Ginadee

    This is cool.  How fast is this Wi-Fi going to be?  I hate those small time 1.5 Mbps connections that have to be shared with everyone. 

    Glad to see AT&T do this. 

  • Anonymous

    Any way to waste more money, right, Bloomberg?

  • aktafoo

    at$trash sucks on wifi.i get faster downloads on my tmobile mytouch 4g than on at$trash wifi.what a fucking joke for a wifi!

    • Thatguy169

      Good then stay off of it and don’t use it. Please continue to use your cell phone only you numb nut.

  • smartesstno1

    Now Weiner can send more naked pics.

  • http://www.ianwood.com Ian Wood

    Awww. How cute is AT&T?!? Somebody’s trying to be all cuddly and friendly to help get their merger approved. 

  • Blog Retards For Life

    I love this blog.

    You have a bunch of whiny wannabe’s coming on here bashing carriers because they can’t get everything for free everywhere they go.  

    Then you see stories like this, where carriers are actually stepping up.  

    And all you see are retards huddling around 2-yr old blog stories to bash the carrier offering you something for free where you go.

    Pure retards.   No doubt about it.

    I guess that is what America is now.

    Sad, really.

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