Wow, you guys still have pay phones? I saw one in Oakland about a year ago and
it didn’t work.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Kathleen Polkabla
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:54 AM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: New York City
Well I only have my smart phone so that's it for now. That's what I want to
use. And I think in New York City they're taking all the payphones and putting
them into Wi-Fi. That's gonna take a long time but I know they're doing it.
Know how long you can use those I don't know. But payphones are a thing of the
past although all the pay phone bills are going to be Wi-Fi hotspots. How
that's going to work I really don't know but I think it's a good idea.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Sep 15, 2016, at 4:43 AM, Tallguy (Redacted sender "tallguy403" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hahahaha -- that is so funny!! No, you don't seem to understand how these
things work!
The service company does not provide wi-fi! Sheesh! It is YOU that must make
it. You can piggy-back on someone else's system, if you have the password, but
there is no privacy that way. But you would still need to pay for the service,
and then YOU put in the router and make your own wi-fi. You can do that with
any service..... no one company has it or not have it. It is all part of the
same thing. Some service providers, in order to get and keep customers, will
place hot-spots around the city in public spaces, and you can use that if you
have an account with that company. Some internet access is free but that is so
very rare. Even at our library (which provides free hot-spots), you still need
to have a membership card in order to access their wi-fi. All the new computers
will read wi-fi, if there is any within easy reach. If you meant that you want
to use your smart phone, that is another issue.
Tallguy
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From: Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx>
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:40 PM
Subject: [ourplace] Re: New York City
Aaahhh, Kathleen, these next three weeks will go fast, I’m sure.
I would certainly think that Panics has Wy-fi available. Verizon is actually a
very good cell phone provider whether you’ve got an I-phone or a flip phone.
Their landline business I’ve never had so can’t tell you of my experiences, but
I can say that Verizon works partially even in our county hospital which has
very thick walls. It’s a building that was built in the 1920’s, and of course
then, they were just getting landline telephones universally. They have a lot
of equipment that probably interrupts in-coming cell calls but I was able to
call Paratransit just before my doctor came in to see me yesterday. Since she
came in quickly, I hung up before I could talk to anyone.
Oh, I’m sure you’ll be ecstatic getting back home!!!! So glad you’ll be back
soonest!!!!
Linda G.
