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LinkNYC: Speedtest, The Path To Porn Revisited, And More

The Path To Porn via LinkNYC kiosk tablets was not fully closed, I discovered. I followed a hunch and the…

7 years ago

Living on LinkNYC

My sudden interest in using LinkNYC kiosks led me to discover that the mapping app no longer works as advertised.

7 years ago

Drumming Up the Links

Call quality on LinkNYC kiosks is generally very bad, and has actually gotten worse in recent months since CityBridge, the…

8 years ago

Two Years of LinkNYC

It has been a couple of years since CityBridge commenced its raid of New York City's sidewalks with its so-called…

8 years ago

212-477-3063 Revisited

The phone number 212-477-3063 seems to be showing up on a lot of people's CallerID. What is it again?

8 years ago

LinkNYC: Really Beautifying the Neighborhood

Some of New York's LinkNYC kiosks have taken to blasting a sort of visual noise that might drive anyone insane…

8 years ago

LinkNYC Back to Beta?

For about a day it was possible to relive the glory days of accessing smut from the streets of New…

8 years ago

LinkNYC: Coming Soon To A Sidewalk Near You?

As announced, it looks like the LinkNYC program really will introduce numerous kiosks, potentially thousands of them, where no payphones…

8 years ago

Times Square Busker Heard Through a LinkNYC Device

This is the first decent quality recording I've made of a New York City street musician as heard through a…

8 years ago

LinkNYC: No Free Phone Calls Today

Did someone at Citybridge forget to pay their Vonage bill? Almost every number I attempted to dial from LinkNYC devices…

8 years ago