Telstra reconnects with phone boxes to set up Wi-Fi hotspots

[1] Australia has previously had 40,000 phone boxes but it has reduced that to about 1000 boxes, but unfortunately, not all are even working

[2] David Thodey of Telstra planned to use the remaining phone boxes as basis for an Australia-wide network of Wi-Fi hotspots.

[3] By December users can connect their gadgets in to the wireless ­internet in Sydney’s Hyde Park, Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall and in Brisbane.

Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/opinion/telstra-reconnects-with-phone-boxes-to-set-up-wifi-hotspots/story-e6frgb0o-1227133441974