Payphones Past

FCC Investigates Universal Service Fund Management

21 years ago

TMCnet.com reports: "Before 1996, only long-distance providers paid fees into the USF. "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the types…

Are days numbered for pay phones?

21 years ago

"Kathie Purmal used to take it for granted that a pay phone would be around in case of an emergency.…

NYC: Free calls have nice ring to ’em

21 years ago

"If there's a catch, it's that callers will be staring at ads on 6-foot-tall billboards while they jabber - not…

Dow Jones: “Mark Thomas has lost his audience”

21 years ago

"Over the years, pay phones have attempted to change with the times, often with mixed results. Technology enthusiasts are constantly…

New York: Call anyplace for free, really!

21 years ago

"A company called Popa Media has planted 47 absolutely FREE PHONES throughout the city - mostly in Brooklyn and the…

Cutting the phone cord isn’t as popular as predicted

21 years ago

"While the number of wireless-only households is increasing -- close to 6 percent of all U.S. homes at the end…

NYC: Pay phones a rail problem

21 years ago

"The overall lack of (subway pay)phones, says state Sen. John Sabini (D-Jackson Heights) is "a potentially life-threatening situation." Is this…

UK: Kids play safer as payphone is saved

21 years ago

"It's so stupid taking this phone box away. If there's an accident this is the phone box that's going to…

Maine won’t hang up on public pay phones

21 years ago

"With public pay telephones disappearing all over the state, Gov. John Baldacci has signed into law a bill aimed at…

Malaysia: Mountain payphone enters records book

21 years ago

"Trekkers heading up Mount Kinabalu can now call home via two pay phones located 1.2km below the highest point, Low’s…