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News • Lower Manhattan • New York City • United States • 2012-02-01
Log On Free All Over Lower Manhattan
Alliance for Downtown New York Announces Three New Free Wireless Hotspots Below Chambers Street; Wireless Coverage Grows to Equivalent of Nearly 17 Football Fields
New York, NY (February 1, 2012) – Downtown workers, residents and visitors can now enjoy even greater access to the Downtown Alliance’s growing free wireless network. Over the last several weeks the Downtown Alliance launched three more Wi-Fi service hubs in Lower Manhattan and upgraded all of its hotspots with higher bandwidth, new technology, and expanded coverage at each site.
In 2003, the Downtown Alliance pioneered the city’s most extensive free, public Wi-Fi initiative. Today, there are 15 hotspots – covering 715,000 square feet which is roughly the equivalent of 17 football fields.
The newest Wi-Fi access points are located at:
Louise Nevelson Plaza at Liberty and William
The Plaza at 59 Maiden Lane at Maiden and William
Trinity Churchyard
“These new additions to our growing Wi-Fi network greatly expand the scope of the Downtown Alliance’s free Wi-Fi network,” said Elizabeth H. Berger, President of the Downtown Alliance. “With 15 Wi-Fi locations — and more on the horizon — Lower Manhattan’s 56,000 residents, 309,000 workers and nine million annual visitors now have more places to go online for free. The Downtown Alliance is excited to make Lower Manhattan the best place for free, accessible Wi-Fi in the city.”
The Downtown Alliance has significantly expanded one of its existing hotspots on Stone Street - growing to the size of nearly four football fields alone. Specifically, this expansion creates a 168,000 square foot wireless corridor that runs from the top of British Memorial Garden all the way down Stone Street and into the plaza area south of Stone Street and even covers some of Coenties Slip to Water Street, also extending to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Plaza Wi-Fi service across the street.
The existing Downtown Alliance hotspots are:
Plaza at 7 World Trade Center
Bowling Green Park
British Memorial Garden
Charlotte’s Place
City Hall Park
The Elevated Acre
Peter Minuit Plaza
South Street Seaport
Stone Street
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza
Whitehall-Water Street Plaza
Winter Garden
Since the program’s inception, the number of connections to the network has risen dramatically. In 2010, connections skyrocketed by more than 96 percent over 2009 to over 100,000 connections. In 2011, the network averaged 638 connections a day, with more than 230,000 connections logged throughout the year and almost 9 terabytes of data transferred on our Wi-Fi network.
Downtown Alliance sponsored hot-spots are free for all users. Those using smartphones, laptops, and tablets with wireless capabilities can automatically connect to any of the Downtown Alliance’s wireless networks. When connecting this network, users must choose the network with “Downtown Alliance” in the title.
For more information on Downtown Alliance free wireless locations, visit http://www.downtownny.com/programs/free-public-wifi. To download the Downtown Alliance’s free events app, iPhone and iPad users can search “Downtown NY” in the app store.
The mission of the Alliance for Downtown New York is to provide service, advocacy, research and information to advance Lower Manhattan as a global model of a 21st century Central Business District for businesses, residents and visitors.
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