Say Bye Bye to WiFi in City Parks (For Now)

Seems like just yesterday that the Parks Department was compiling a map of all the free WiFi spots in the city parks—but now CityRoom is reporting that "the long-troubled arrangement to install wireless Internet networks in Central Park and other New York City parks has quietly collapsed after the contractor, Wi-Fi Salon, ran out of money." The company has been removing equipment from Central Park, Prospect Park, Washington Square, Battery, Riverside, Van Cortlandt, Pelham Bay, and Flushing Meadows-Corona Parks, annnd Orchard Beach. However, since Bryant Park's WiFi is provided privately, you'll still be able to log on there. The Parks Department confirmed the termination, but also that they will "soon unveil a series of digital inclusion initiatives focused on expanding access to, and adoption of, broadband technology, including service in parks across the city."