tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6985347930113317220..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Farewell, some day maybe soon, to the World Famous Pee Phone™Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-30186344317209137472014-11-22T03:05:34.370-05:002014-11-22T03:05:34.370-05:00this is for city wide total surveillance, part of ...this is for city wide total surveillance, part of the Fusion Center TIPS program. do you really want to be baking nonstop in microwaves everywhere you go?? this will go down in emergencies like Hurricane Sandy. <br />more money wasted on b.s. like the millions spent for WIFI on the subway that NO ONE uses- yet we bake in the waves and are watched continuously. Wake upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26258954484545254252014-11-21T20:40:12.547-05:002014-11-21T20:40:12.547-05:00This proposed public-private venture is closer to ...This proposed public-private venture is closer to CitiBike than City Time. <br /><br />In terms of sheer dollar amounts, graft and corrupt mismanagement, City Time is more like the 911 Call Center scandal (both of which happened on Mayor Bloomberg's watch, although City Time started under Mayor Giuliani).<br /><br />What I found most remarkable about the City Time scandal - apart from the fact that it was barely in the news despite being the biggest scandal in NY State history, in terms of dollar amounts - was that somehow the DC-based contractor at the center of the scandal magically came up with HALF A BILLION DOLLARS restitution on THE DAY BEFORE Bloomberg was scheduled to testify in court as to what he knew and when he knew it. <br /><br />Gee, now who do we know who might have been able to come up with $500 million, on short notice, to keep the then-mayor from having to testify under oath, which possibly could have led to his prosecution as a party to, if not the outright mastermind of, the corrupt deal? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12270084208280440982014-11-20T18:31:42.035-05:002014-11-20T18:31:42.035-05:00Call me old fashioned...I still only pee on analog...Call me old fashioned...I still only pee on analog phones.pinheadhttp://www.evtransitions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37960344675867184082014-11-20T13:35:15.609-05:002014-11-20T13:35:15.609-05:00"No cost to taxpayers." Yeah. Fucking. B..."No cost to taxpayers." Yeah. Fucking. Buddy.Makeoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5806199398276874842014-11-20T12:38:26.968-05:002014-11-20T12:38:26.968-05:00Mark my words, this will be another boondoggle. An...Mark my words, this will be another boondoggle. Anyone remember Michael Bloomturd's infamous New York CityTime? Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23575157926594261412014-11-20T11:23:14.309-05:002014-11-20T11:23:14.309-05:00Thanks for letting me know we could also use them ...Thanks for letting me know we could also use them to make phone calls. That is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48384766942049087032014-11-20T10:26:36.093-05:002014-11-20T10:26:36.093-05:00Anonymous @ 8:20 AM, the description of the kiosk ...Anonymous @ 8:20 AM, the description of the kiosk says:<br /><br />"Among the many features of the LinkNYC terminals are free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S., a touchscreen tablet interface to access city services, interactive maps, free emergency and information calls, charging stations and displays for advertising and public service announcements."<br /><br />It sounds like it will do a lot more than the old pay phones did. And you don't need to have a smartphone to use it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3727671614419485152014-11-20T10:18:26.555-05:002014-11-20T10:18:26.555-05:00Supposedly you will be able to use these kiosks to...Supposedly you will be able to use these kiosks to make phone calls as well. We shall see. But let's hold off on the backlash. Every once in a while change can be positive.Sammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72844426458528096592014-11-20T08:30:43.472-05:002014-11-20T08:30:43.472-05:00please remember nothing is ever really "free&...please remember nothing is ever really "free" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60875181101553338912014-11-20T08:30:36.790-05:002014-11-20T08:30:36.790-05:00Of course the company is called CityBridge.Of course the company is called CityBridge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10794759478449313042014-11-20T08:20:35.694-05:002014-11-20T08:20:35.694-05:00I have used pay phones within the last three years...I have used pay phones within the last three years.<br /><br />I definitely used one during the blackout of 2003. There were long lines to use payphones since cell phone towers were knocked out. <br /><br />We'll have another blackout. But no pay phones to connect with loved ones.<br /><br />Not everyone has a smart phone, including me. So these wifi spots are useless to me but pay phones aren't.<br /><br />I don't see this change as a sign of progress but a sign of classism. It's another case of this city catering to the well-to-do. <br /><br />You may argue that even lower-income people have smartphones. I know they do. <br /><br />But if you are poor and rely heavily on pay phones you're fucked. And the City could care less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25305854981930370832014-11-20T08:07:30.818-05:002014-11-20T08:07:30.818-05:00Note that if they can do this type of "free&q...Note that if they can do this type of "free" system, they could also do a city-wide system that would cover all of the city, including your apartment. That would give you free internet. <br /><br />But then of course, you wouldn't have to pay comcasttimewarnerrci - which means the politicians wouldn't get their kickbacks.... err, campaign contributions. <br /><br />BTnoreply@blogger.com