NEW YORK WANTED TO MAKE THE INTERNET MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT SO THEY CAME OUT
WITH THESE SO-CALLED INTERNET KIOSKS.
THEY REPLACED PHONE BOOTH WHICH OF COURSE ARE KIND OF
ANTIQUATED AT THIS POINT WITH THESE SO-CALLED INTERNET KIOSKS.
PEOPLE COULD GO THERE AND SEARCH THE INTERNET.
THEY COULD USE IT FOR 411.
THEY COULD USE IT FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
CHECKING THE WEATHER.
THEY HAVE NOW DECIDED TO DO AWAY WITH THE WEB BROWSING
COMPONENT OF THESE KIOSKS BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE
WERE UTILIZING IT FOR PORNOGRAPHY.
OF COURSE.
OF COURSE THEY WERE.
THEY WERE ALSO SPENDING A LITTLE TOO MUCH TIME AT THE
KIOSKS SO PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT LOITERING.
THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE KIOSKS AND THEN OTHERS
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WOULD LOSE ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND THEY
WOULD GO AWAY.
THEY WERE BEING A LITTLE TOO LOUD.
A LOT OF THIS WAS OVERHEARD.
YOU.
THEY PROMISED WI-FI SPANNING 150 FEET ñ
A 150 FOOT RADIUS, FREE DOMESTIC CALLS, TWO USB CHARGING
PORTS, AND THEN ONE BUTTON AND A TABLET FOR ACCESSING THE
INTERNET WERE DESIGNED TO REPLACE OLD-SCHOOL PHONE BOOTHS.
NOW THEY WILL HAVE THE INTERNET OPTION.
THE KIOSKS HAVE BEEN SO POPULAR WITH LOITERERS AND THE
LASCIVIOUS THAT THEIR OPERATOR, LINCOLN ONCE THE NETWORK
HAS SAID IT'S SHUTTING OFF WEB BROWSING ON THE BUILT-IN
TABLETS.
THE KIOSKS ARE OFTEN MONOPOLIZED BY INDIVIDUALS CRATING PERSONAL
SPACES FOR THEMSELVES, IT ENGAGING IN UP ITS
ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE PLAYING LOUD EXPLICIT MUSIC, CONSUMING
DRAWINGS THAT I'LL CALL, AND THE VIEWING OF PORNOGRAPHY.
I LOVE HOW PROFESSIONALLY THAT IS PUT TOGETHER.
THAT IS COREY JOHNSON, THAT NEW CITY COUNCILMAN THIS AT
THE LAST COMMENT ON HIS A WONDERFUL IDEA AND I LOVE
THE IDEA OF REPLACING THE PHONE BOOTHS WITH SOMETHING THAT
IS THEY WERE SAYING BRIDGES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND LOOK, MI
HELPS PEOPLE ADOPT AS MUCH MONEY.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY DID NOT THINK THIS THROUGH DIET
I THINK IF I WAS IN THE MEDIA I WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE, I HAVE
TO POINT OUT SOMETHING TO YOU GUYS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE USE THE INTERNET FOR?
IT IS NOT JUST THE POOR.
PEOPLE STARTED WATCHING NETFLIX ON IT.
AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE AND THEY'RE WATCHING IT ALL DAY
LONGER THEY WOULD PLAY LOUD MUSIC AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE
WE HAVE TO GO TO BED.
LOUD MUSIC IS A PROBLEM, NETFLIX, OKAY.
YOU ARE PORN YOU DON'T GET ACCESS TO NETFLIX?
IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT YOUR HOUSE WATCHING
NETFLIX.
IT'S NEW YORK,
PEOPLE ARE CAMPING OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE ANYWAY.
THAT'S FAIR.
I GET IT, THE WAY DURING ORDERING IS
TROUBLESOME TO YOU ARE IN THE BIG CITY.
THERE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR DOOR CONSTANTLY.
THE PORN IS A PROBLEM BUT AREN'T THERE BLOCKERS?
CAN'T THEY FIND A WAY OF BLOCKING THE PORN SITES?
I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AND I IMAGINE THAT THERE
ARE WAYS AROUND IT BUT USUALLY NINE AND ADDED 10 GUYS WON'T BE
ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NEW YORK CITY SO I
WOULD TRY THAT FIRST BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT IDEA DIE WOULD BE
NICE IF PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE IN A JAM YOU COULD PLUG YOUR PHONE
AND GET IT CHARGED.
CERTAINLY 911 IS HELPFUL.
YOU CAN MAKE FREE PHONE CALLS FROM IT.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK SOMETHING UP.
I ACTUALLY THINK THE LARGER PROBLEM EVEN IF YOU HAD
THE PORN BLOCKER AND EVEN IF NO ONE PUT IN, SOMEBODY NEEDS A
NETFLIX CODE THAT ONE GUY DIDN'T DO A FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHATEVER IT IS IF YOU GET PAST ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS I STILL
THINK IT IS ABOUT IDEA BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO LEAD TO FIGHTS.
AT SOME POINT AT SOMEONE IS GOING TO SAY
I WANT TO WATCH MY MOVIE.
SOMEONE IS GOING TO SAY I WANT TO WATCH MY PORN, WHATEVER.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START A FIGHT.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
YOU PUT ANYTHING FREE OUT THERE, YOU PUT A STACK OF HUNDRED
DOLLAR BILLS THE
I WOULD FIGHT FOR THAT.
QUITE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING QUESTION MY
I DO.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A SMARTER WAY OF PROVIDING INTERNET
ACCESS TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABOUT TO AFFORD IT.
THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT WAY.
BLESS THEIR HEARTS FOR A BOLD, INTERESTING IDEA.
IT DIDN'T QUITE GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I HOPE THAT THEY REFORMULATE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE
BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO GET ON THEM FOR TRYING.
IT WAS AN IDEA HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IS VEERED IN THE RUNS ERECTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
PEOPLE.
THAT IS REALITY.
THERE MIGHT BE MORE FIGHTS TO ASSIST GETS ON
YOUR SHOE.