Hey, guys, today I've got an update for you on my experience with a LinkNYC kiosk as a call recipient from my husband, Fred. I so appreciate that he went through this exercise with me so I'll know what to do. The kiosk he called me from was not one near the mall where I got lost looking for a cab stand adjacent to the mall building where I was stranded in the parking lot without my cell phone that day (Read: Do Most New Yorkers Know About LinkNYC Free Emergency Phone Calls?) but one in The Bronx. I was amused that the number he called me from had an actual 917 area code. It's a real emergency phone! Yay!
So, here's the rundown: The kiosk has a dial pad that you press the phone number into which, when you start pressing a number, prompts the screen to ask you if you'd like to use its phone feature. Once connected, my phone rang as usual; the call quality fluctuated between being loud and clear or muffled, so I had to ask Fred to repeat himself a few times, but the mission was accomplished; we touched base. He was also able to plug his earphones into a jack located below a 911 emergency call button and above a USB charging feature which he didn't have enough time to try using. I wonder if there could also be a text feature on it in the near future. I hope this post was helpful to anyone who, like myself, has wanted the peace of mind after all our street pay phones were uprooted to know there is a way to reach out in case you leave home or your hotel sans your dependable little celly!
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