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It’s interesting to see the parallels in access to electricity - it’s now rather common in NYC to see people charging things on LinkNYC kiosks. Those too are a
by ______ 4y ago
It’s interesting to see the parallels in access to electricity - it’s now rather common in NYC to see people charging things on LinkNYC kiosks.
Those too are a public good but operated by a private company (Intersection), with the attendant conflicts of interest.
Interestingly they were introduced after the city Payphone contract expired - reminding me that phone access has almost totally been privatized at this point.
- gumby 4y ago> phone access has almost totally been privatized at this point. Phone access has always been private, no?
- mitchbob 4y agoNo. There were public phone booths. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_booth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_booth
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoI’m not familiar with Payphone. Was it free to use or were the machines coin operated?