Based on our record, Link.NYC should be more popular than MIWIFI by Xiaomi. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
For 2, it’s not widespread, but https://link.nyc is about as close as you are going to get (along with assorted businesses, like Starbucks or McDonald’s, offering WiFi.). Source: about 1 year ago
LinkNYC is prevalent in midtown, while scattered elsewhere. Look for the big gray kiosks with screens showing facts about NYC, ads, etc. I haven't used them in a while, but info can be found here: https://link.nyc/. Barring that, you'll find all the local coffee shops have wifi. Source: about 1 year ago
Link.nyc has thousands of kiosks throughout the city. Source: over 1 year ago
This isn’t a great option, but it is an option. I would take a walk around to some of these Link WiFi locations and see if any have benches nearby for you to use. Source: about 3 years ago
I followed a few different guides, tried different versions of firmware (From the miwifi.com page, from the miuirom.org page, Chinese 2.18.28, Chinese 2.18.51, the one that comes with the hoddy guide, even the gigabit edition versions (global and Chinese) and the openwrt software and some others I can't remember) and nothing works. I can get the firmware onto the router (with either BootP + TFTpd or the... Source: about 2 years ago
Oh Try opening http://miwifi.com/ Http without s. Source: about 3 years ago
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