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Internet of Bins: Wi-Fi to Come to New York Trash Cans

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The struggle is real. Out and about and the 4G isn’t cutting it. People used to cheekily pop into cafes to use the restroom – now it’s to briefly pilfer Wi-Fi. Well, this rubbish situation might soon be fixed, with potential blanket Wi-Fi coming to the streets of New York, courtesy of trash cans. Waste management company Bigbelly has applied for a New York mayoral grant to turn trash cans into hotspots providing free internet. The trash cans could be ideal as Wi-Fi hotspots as their street level location would remove issues with tall buildings blocking signals. The internet – of speeds up to 75Mpbs, fast enough to download a high-definition film in around 10 minutes – would be free to users, and paid for with advertisement revenue.

Added on the 16/07/2015 11:30:23 - Copyright : Wochit

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