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AT&T making tourists even more annoying with free Times Square WiFi

– May 25, 2010Posted in: 3g, Att, Congestion, New York City, New Yorker, NewYork, NewYorkCity, NewYorker, Times Square, TimesSquare, Wifi, new york, tourist

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AT&T’s master plan to relieve 3G data congestion in New York City? Give the crush of upward-facing tourists in Times Square free WiFi. AT&T will announce its first ever free outdoor WiFi hotspot later today located at the north central part of Times Square, near 7th Avenue between 45th and 47th Street. Qualifying AT&T customers with smartphones like the iPhone will automatically switch from 3G data to WiFi when in range. Great, just what Times Square needs: smartphone wielding pedestrians enticed by fast data to be even more oblivious to the pace of busy New Yorkers. If successful, AT&T will add WiFi hotspots to other high-traffic areas… and hopefully help push through tourist-lane legislation that could solve NYC’s real congestion problems.

[Photo courtesy of MarkArms]

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