kiosks/media.csv

publish_date	publication	title	url	authorities
2017-06-27	Wired UK	Phone boxes across the UK are being turned into free 1Gbps Wi-Fi hotspots and charging stations	https://www.wired.co.uk/article/link-free-wifi-london	Camden
2017-06-27	Mobile News	First InLink hits Camden High Street	http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2017/06/27/first-inlink-hits-camden-high-street/	Camden
2017-06-27	Gizmodo UK	Goodbye phone boxes, hello wifi kiosk: Hands on with BT InLink	http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/goodbye-phone-boxes-hello-wifi-kiosk-hands-on-with-bt-inlink/	Camden
2017-10-26	Camden New Journal	Police urge Town Hall to block new wave of phone boxes	http://camdennewjournal.com/article/police-urge-town-hall-to-block-new-wave-of-phone-boxes	Camden
2017-11-29	Wandsworth Guardian	Residents call for council to reject new 'eyesore' BT kiosks	https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15690988.residents-call-for-council-to-reject-new-eyesore-bt-kiosks/	Wandsworth
2017-12-13	Adrian Short	InLink kiosks: Email to Wandsworth Council's planning applications committee	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/wandsworth-council-inlink-privacy/	Wandsworth
2017-12-14	Adrian Short	BT InLink in London: building a privatised "smart city" by stealth	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/bt-inlink-london-smart-city/	London
2017-12-19	Wandsworth Guardian	Plans to install new BT kiosks in Wandsworth approved by council	https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15782260.plans-to-install-new-bt-kiosks-in-wandsworth-approved-by-council/	Wandsworth
2018-01-04	Adrian Short	Google InLink spy kiosks targeting kids in London and Leeds	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/google-inlink-spy-kiosks-targeting-kids/	Leeds|Wandsworth|Lambeth
2018-01-29	ISPreview	Local UK councils rail against surge in Trojan telephone boxes	https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/local-uk-councils-rail-surge-trojan-telephone-boxes.html
2018-02-16	Wired UK	Stop replacing London’s phone boxes with corporate surveillance	https://www.wired.co.uk/article/linkuk-bt-google-free-wifi-and-calls-london	London
2018-02-21	Islington Gazette	Islington Society takes aim at digital phone boxes, likens them to ‘plague of locusts’	http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/environment/islington-society-takes-aim-at-digital-phone-boxes-likens-them-to-plague-of-locusts-1-5404024	Islington
2018-02-22	Islington Society	Society leads resistance to new phone boxes	https://www.islingtonsociety.org.uk/news/society-leads-resistance-to-new-phone-boxes/	Islington
2018-04-03	Wandsworth Guardian	Hundredth BT InLinkUK kiosks switched on in Wandsworth	https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/16134222.hundredth-bt-inlinkuk-kiosks-switched-on-in-wandsworth/	Wandsworth
2018-04-04	Bristol Post	BT plan to replace Bristol's telephone boxes with these modern wifi portals	https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bt-plan-replace-bristols-telephone-1417266	Bristol|Wandsworth
2018-04-06	Adrian Short	Is Intersection part of Google?	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2018/intersection-sidewalk-labs-google-alphabet/	Bristol|Wandsworth
2018-04-06	Adblock Bristol	Act now! 34 new digital advertising screens planned for Bristol city centre	http://adblockbristol.org.uk/2018/04/act-now-thirty-four-new-digital-advertising-screens-planned-for-bristol-city-centre/	Bristol
2018-04-12	Bristol Post	BT's new InLink WiFi portals will introduce dozens of new security cameras to Bristol's streets	https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bts-new-inlink-wifi-portals-1445687	Bristol
2018-04-17	Bristol Cable	Opinion: Bristol’s new phoneboxes could end up spying on you	https://thebristolcable.org/2018/04/opinion-bts-spy-kiosks-could-be-coming-to-bristol/	Bristol|London
2018-04-20	Sky News	Swipe: Upgraded phone boxes	https://youtu.be/rMnMtWdwNe8?t=126
2018-04-23	Bristol Walking Alliance	InLink advertising monoliths	https://bristolwalkingalliance.org.uk/2018/04/23/inlink-advertising-monoliths/	Bristol
2018-04-25	Chronicle Live	Trojan phone box 'turmoil' ahead of Great Exhibition of the North	https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/trojan-phone-box-turmoil-ahead-14570686	Newcastle upon Tyne
2018-05-23	Adblock Bristol	Success! 34 digital advertising screens rejected by Bristol City Council	http://adblockbristol.org.uk/2018/05/success-advertising-screens-rejected/	Bristol
2018-06-12	Adrian Short	InLink is dodging full planning permission in Kingston	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2018/kingston-inlink-planning-permission/	Kingston upon Thames|Bristol
2018-06-18	Islington Tribune	‘Horrible tsunami’ of phone boxes planned	http://islingtontribune.com/article/horrible-tsunami-of-phone-boxes-planned	Islington|Leeds|Glasgow
2018-06-19	ISPreview	BT begin deploying 12 ultrafast wifi InLinkUK kiosks in Glasgow	https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/06/bt-begin-deploying-12-ultrafast-wifi-inlinkuk-kiosks-in-glasgow.html	Glasgow|London|Leeds|Birmingham|Southampton|Newcastle upon Tyne|Sheffield|Kensington and Chelsea
2018-07-04	Chronicle Live	Why bosses think the 'Trojan' phone boxes should be built in Newcastle and Gateshead	https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bosses-think-trojan-phone-boxes-14866211	Newcastle upon Tyne|Gateshead
2018-07-07	Ham&High	Revealed: How new digital phone boxes are helping to drive Camden’s drug trade	http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime-court/new-bt-inlink-panels-being-used-by-camden-s-drug-trade-1-5550889	Camden
2018-08-23	ISPreview	Sheffield, Newcastle and Gateshead get BT InLinkUK gigabit wifi kiosks	https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/08/sheffield-newcastle-and-gateshead-get-bt-inlinkuk-gigabit-wifi-kiosks.html	Sheffield|Newcastle upon Tyne|Gateshead|London|Leeds|Glasgow|Southampton
2018-09-07	CoventryLive	This is why you might not be getting free super fast wifi in Coventry	https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/you-might-not-getting-free-15113081	Coventry
2018-09-07	Westminster City Council	Westminster at war with ‘whack-a-mole’ phone boxes	https://www.westminster.gov.uk/westminster-war-whack-mole-phone-boxes	Westminster
2018-09-07	Engineering and Technology	Crime link stalls 5G phone boxes	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/09/crime-connection-stalls-5g-phone-boxes/	Tower Hamlets|Bristol|Camden|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool
2018-09-10	Gizmodo UK	Police postpone installation of BT's 5G internet kiosks over drug links	http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/09/police-postpone-installation-of-bts-5g-internet-kiosks-over-drug-links/	Camden|Bristol|Tower Hamlets
2018-09-10	Huffpost UK	BT digital kiosks expansion halted after claims they're 'used mainly for drug dealing'	https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bt-digital-kiosks_uk_5b96aa2ae4b0511db3e4fda8	Camden|Tower Hamlets|Bristol|Liverpool|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames
2018-09-14	Engineering and Technology	Westminster brands 5G phone kiosks a deceit	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/09/westminster-brands-5g-phone-boxes-a-deceit/	Westminster|Bristol|City of London|Hackney|Hammersmith|Islington|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool|Tower Hamlets
2018-09-17	Cian Heasley	An interview with anti-surveillance activists ReThink LinkNYC on tech, privacy and the future of smart cities	https://medium.com/@nscrutables/an-interview-with-rethinklinknyc-on-tech-privacy-the-future-of-smart-cities-8bfe4a987876	Glasgow
2018-09-29	New York Times	On crowded London streets, councils fight a flood of phone boxes	https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/world/europe/london-phone-boxes-inlink.html	Westminster
2018-10-01	BBC One (Wales)	X-Ray: Omar Hamdi tries out the latest futuristic phone boxes to appear on the streets of Swansea (at 9m 48s)	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bltlmz/xray-series-18-episode-1	Swansea|Cardiff|Leeds|Southampton|Glasgow|Newcastle|Bristol|Liverpool|Edinburgh
2018-10-02	Sutton Guardian	BT InLink kiosks: Plans to build Sutton's first units thrown out	https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/16955356.bt-inlink-kiosks-plans-to-build-suttons-first-units-thrown-out/	Sutton|Leeds|Glasgow|Newcastle|Swansea
2018-10-05	Independent	Why critics are calling Britain's new phone boxes a 'surveillance network'	https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/telephone-phone-boxes-surveillance-british-culture-public-space-london-long-reads-westminster-a8569096.html	Westminster
2018-10-12	Engineering and Technology	5G street fight	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/10/5g-street-fight/	Camden|Hammersmith and Fulham|Southampton|Nottingham|Glasgow|Sheffield|Waltham Forest|Tower Hamlets|City of London|Westminster|Liverpool|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames|Hackney|Southwark|Lambeth|Bristol|Islington
2018-10-12	Engineering and Technology	Cities block 5G kiosks after doing rival deals	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/10/cities-block-5g-kiosk-rollout-after-doing-rival-deals	City of London|Westminster|Coventry|Liverpool|Birmingham|Bristol|Edinburgh|Hammersmith and Fulham|Hackney|Kingston upon Thames|Islington|Camden|Hackney
2018-11-16	Bristol Post	BT 'in talks' with council to bring controversial InLinks to Bristol despite drug dealer fears	https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bt-wifi-inlinks-bristol-drug-2228617	Bristol
2018-11-30	ChiswickW4.com	BT plan to replace phone boxes on High Road with InLink units	http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conplan106.htm	Hounslow
2018-12-05	Engineering and Technology	BT disables next-gen phones to counter London drugs gangs crisis	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/12/bt-disables-next-gen-phones-to-counter-london-drug-gangs-crisis/	Tower Hamlets
2018-12-21	Engineering and Technology	Twenty thousand drug deals on five InLink phone kiosks in 15 weeks	https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/12/twenty-thousand-drug-deals-on-five-inlink-phone-kiosks/	Tower Hamlets
2019-01-18	Adrian Short	Police object to new Google InLink kiosks over drug deal phone calls	https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2019/inlink-police-drug-dealing/	Tower Hamlets|Merton|Westminster|Sutton
2019-01-22	Wimbledon Times	Proposed InLink kiosk for Wimbledon town centre rejected as police warn drug dealers are using them	https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/17375899.proposed-inlink-kiosk-for-wimbledon-town-centre-rejected-as-police-warn-drug-dealers-are-using-them/	Merton|Tower Hamlets
2019-01-30	BrentfordTW8.com	Council refuse BT plans for ad display monoliths	http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=planning051.htm	Hounslow
2019-02-03	Sunday Times (paywall)	Free InLinkUK phone kiosks used for thousands of street drug deals	https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/free-phone-kiosks-used-for-thousands-of-street-drug-deals-fwhxfzk5v	Tower Hamlets|Merton|Westminster
2019-02-05	BBC London News	InLink drug dealing in Tower Hamlets	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azxy69OechU	Tower Hamlets
2019-02-12	Telegraph	Councils given new powers to block phoneboxes being built	https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/12/councils-given-new-powers-block-phone-boxes-built/	Westminster
2019-02-14	Planning Resource	The ruling that could end prior approval consents for phone kiosks (paywall)	https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1525680/ruling-end-prior-approval-consents-phone-kiosks	Westminster
2019-02-20	London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies	A ruling that could end prior approval consents for phone kiosks (PDF)	https://www.londonforum.org.uk/reports/A_ruling_that_could_end_prior_approval_consents_for_phone_kiosks.pdf	Westminster|Camden
2019-02-28	Islington Council	Islington Council takes action to tackle anti-social abuse of free-phone units	https://www.islington.media/news/islington-council-takes-action-to-tackle-anti-social-abuse-of-free-phone-units	Islington
2019-03-20	Manchester Evening News	New futuristic phone kiosks in Piccadilly Gardens are being used to arrange drug deals	https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-futuristic-phone-kiosks-piccadilly-15897108	Manchester|Tower Hamlets
2019-04-09	Manchester Evening News	From now on, phone kiosks in Piccadilly Gardens will know if you're trying to buy drugs	https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/piccadilly-gardens-phone-kiosks-drugs-16098562	Manchester|Salford|Tower Hamlets
2019-04-12	Evening Standard	‘Smart’ phone boxes are a honeypot for drug dealers, BT told	https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/smart-phone-boxes-are-a-honeypot-for-drug-dealers-bt-told-a4116226.html	Tower Hamlets|Islington
2019-04-12	Engadget	An algorithm is attempting to block drug deals at UK WiFi kiosks	https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/12/bt-inlink-uk-algorithm-block-calls/
2019-04-16	Evening Express (Aberdeen)	New wifi and phone hubs to be officially unveiled in Aberdeen city centre	https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/new-wifi-and-phone-hubs-to-be-officially-unveiled-in-aberdeen-city-centre/	Aberdeen|Glasgow
2019-04-12	BBC 1 News London	InLink issues in Tower Hamlets	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yg7yzv6N6c	Tower Hamlets
2019-04-30	Brighton & Hove News	BT plans to remove 26 payphones and replace them with controversial hubs	https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/04/30/bt-plans-to-remove-26-payphones-and-replace-them-with-controversial-hubs/	Brighton and Hove
2019-07-09	Bradford Telegraph and Argus	High tech phone hubs to measure city centre air quality	https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17756473.high-tech-phone-hubs-measure-city-centre-air-quality/	Bradford
2019-12-18	The Register	InLink Limited limited: Firm that puts up UK's ad-supported phone booths enters administration	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/18/inlink_limited_administration/	Westminster|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool|Coventry|Tower Hamlets|Bristol
2019-12-18	The Telegraph	BT's WiFi kiosk business InLink collapses into administration after planning issues	https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/12/18/bts-wifi-kiosk-business-inlink-collapses-administration-planning/
2019-12-19	Sixteen:Nine	High profile UK smart cities DOOH network can't pay its bills	https://www.sixteen-nine.net/2019/12/19/uk-smart-cities-dooh-network-cant-pay-its-bills/
2019-12-23	The Register	There is a Santa! BT prises remnants of InLink from jaws of administration	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/23/bt_acquires_remnants_of_inlink_from_administration/
2020-01-07	Islington Gazette	'Remnants of the old King's Cross' - crime-ridden Cally phone boxes could be replaced with modified InLink units	https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-ridden-cally-phone-boxes-could-be-replaced-with-modified-bt-inlink-units-1-6454206	Islington
2020-01-08	BusinessLive	BT 'effectively' buys InLink out of administration	https://www.business-live.co.uk/technology/bt-effectively-buys-inlink-out-17532607
2020-01-13	Consultancy.uk	Duff & Phelps secures future of InLink	https://www.consultancy.uk/news/23386/duff-phelps-secures-future-of-inlink
2020-01-27	The Register	InLinkUK collapse: Ad market, planning woes, £20m debt and drug dealers using booths to blame, say admins	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/27/inlink_admins_file_statement/	Islington|Westminster|Liverpool|Edinburgh|Bristol