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20 years ago

A friend writes to share this story of the Headlands payphone in Fort Bragg, California: "... the Headlands payphone is…

Amish opening up to “community phones”

20 years ago

This is an interesting story. I am still thinking about it, because I think its message reaches beyond the Amish…

Maine towns queue up for access to public telephones

20 years ago

Welcome to the 21st century. Access to public telephones must now be litigated and passed through political channels: "We knew…

Scranton: Pay phones disappearing

20 years ago

Look for a couple of quotes from me in this story by Coulter Jones, which also mentions the Freefone business…

Columbus: Wireless dealing a blow to pay-phones

20 years ago

"[Howard Meister, president of Cleveland-based North Coast Payphones] said he believes that pay phones always will exist on the American…

WebPhone: Australia VoIP Pay Phones

20 years ago

"The new VoIP pay phones, dubbed the WebPhone, has (sic) a handset, color monitor, full keyboard and looks similar to…

Australia: Telstra to remove 4000 payphones

20 years ago

"[Telstra] has told its pay-phone provisioning staff to begin taking out the extra phones later this month, despite being warned…

Los Angeles: Pay phones out, cells take over

20 years ago

"... as cell phones have given pay phones a run for their money, some in the industry are hoping for…

Free Phones: Pay phones get second life

20 years ago

I first pointed out Popa Media's Free Phones last summer. It seems they have endured as a viable business model,…

AP: Pay phones becoming scarce across U.S.

20 years ago

"A full 7.1 percent of the nation's households had no phone of any kind in November 2005, up from 4.7…