Verizon is abandoning its free hot spot plan in Manhattan due to lack of use and replacing it with a fee-based service.
Yes, that should work. No one was using the free service, so let’s charge them instead.
Anyway, the carrier will be decommissioning 380 free Wi-Fi hot spots in New York City that were originally turned up for its DSL customers two years ago. Officials say that fewer than half were generating more than 80% of the traffic.
Instead, Verizon will offer its cellular EV-DO BroadbandAccess service, which costs $80 per month.
