In New York, the company Bigbelly, dealing with waste collection and disposal, has about 170 “smart” wastebaskets, equipped with chips, fixing occupancy garbage cans, so they can be cleaned in the order of filling.
Each of these baskets, and equipped with its own solar panel, but soon they can expect another upgrade. In cooperation with the Downtown Alliance Company Bigbelly tested in New York, the work of two baskets in an open and free access points Wi-Fi.

Testing was conducted in a few hours every day, and as a result the quality of the signal and the estimated number of people who could easily connect to the access point. According Bigbelly, finding the transmitter inside the basket did not significantly affect the quality of the signal and for the successful operation of the access point is sufficient capacity from 50 to 75 MB / s. Now the company is planning to upgrade all 170 baskets module Wi-Fi.