Richard wrote: >From: lists3-200402 <lists3-200402 at verizon.net> > >it has to be a "verizon hot-spot" phone. there are many of them >sprinkled all over manhattan. if you sit in bryant park, city hall >park or battery park, you can get on the verizon wifi network (if >you're a verizon customer) or the nycwireless (open to everyone). > >don > >"Cover, Chris" <CoverC at wpunj.edu> wrote: > >>Yes Please do tell. I'm a verizon customer and would defintely like to know >>if I can just pull up to a phone and surf. >> >>> From: AppleRocket at NoSpamMail.net >>> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual >>> user."<x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> >>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:16:26 -0500 >>> To: "X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> >>> Subject: Re: [X4U] Cable vs. DSL >>> >>> On 11/10/04 11:38 PM, "lists3-200402" <lists3-200402 at verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>>> i love verizon dsl. living in manhattan, nyc, i can walk to within >>>> 150 feet of any wifi-enabled street phone and surf away. cable can't >>>> touch that. :) >>>> don montalvo, nyc >> > >>> Are there a lot of wired payphones? I wasn't aware of that. Also, do >>> these >>> work only for Verizon DSL customers? >>> -- ================ This is *hugely* interesting. Are these cool Verizon "hot-spot phones" installed anywhere else but NYC? A quick Google search only turned up the usual wireless hot-spot lists (coffee shops, etc.). ================ To answer my own question: It appears that the service is, for the time being at least, limited to NYC: <http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58830,00.html> No doubt it will be expanded if it appears to provide a competitive advantage to Verizon. Richard