We’ve known that New York’s old public pay phones would be getting a 21st century upgrade for a couple of years and tests of the new free internet hubs started in December. Now the roll out is official, thanks to an announcement from Mayor de Blasio, some more details of just how the scheme will work are becoming clear. Along with super-fast broadband and charging points, these LinkNYC booths installed by a private consortium backed by Google called CityLink, will offer 24 hours of back-up battery power so people can call 911 “in the event of the loss of commercial power.” That’s a pretty…
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