New York gets a super-fast Wi-Fi, and it's free

New York

WANT to watch Cats in HD on YouTube, with no buffering or disruption, free, while walking the streets of New York? If you're strolling a four-block sliver of Manhattan's Third Avenue, you can, thanks to CityBridge, a consortium of companies that has launched four super-fast Wi-Fi hubs branded as Link NYC.

The one-gigabit kiosks started offering free Internet services, in beta, on Tuesday morning. Six other kiosks will go online during the next few weeks.