---
title: "Google is bringing free Wi-Fi to New York, and soon the world!"
description: "Google is rolling out free Wi-Fi in New York as part of a trial the company hopes will eventually span across the whole of the world."
date: "2015-06-26"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Andrew Tieu"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/andrew_tieu"
url: "https://futurism.com/google-bringing-free-wi-fi-to-new-york-and-soon-the-world"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Google"
tags:
  - "communications"
---

# Google is bringing free Wi-Fi to New York, and soon the world!

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- How will they do this you ask – through turning 10,000 of the big apple’s old phone booths into ad-supported ‘Wi-Fi pylons’.
- These converted booths are also intended to provide cell-phone charging, free domestic phone calls and a touch screen information hub about the city and transit directions.
- According to Bloomberg News, these ‘pylons’ will be rolled out across New York this autumn.