Public phones converted to wifi hotspots

With mobilephone ownership at near saturation point amongst the remote area indigenous population and the inevitable upgrade of these devices to smartphone capacity a phenomena of the near future, me thinks it will be sooner rather than later before Telstra converts their payphones into wifi hotspots.

http://www.mobinode.com/2010/12/17/china-is-changing-public-telephone-booths-into-wifi-hotspot/

How will this development influence the form and function of Digital Playrooms?