Payphones Past

Berkeley Residents Get Prison Time For Pay Phone Scam

21 years ago

"Berkeley residents Daniel David and and Scott D. Nisbett were sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for their roles…

East Texas: Remember The Payphone?

21 years ago

"While it may not become a museum piece anytime soon, the payphone has definitely seen better days." Read more

Boston Globe: Hanging on by a wire

21 years ago

"Pay phones are on the wane, but even cellphone devotees plop in their coins." A nice story which profiles a…

Verizon: Pay phones have ‘enduring future’

21 years ago

The Roanoke Times reports: "The number of pay phone locations is declining about 15 percent a year, although that downward…

Australia: The Internet-Ready PayPhone

21 years ago

"Telstra started a ten-week trial offering state-of-the-art public payphones capable of browsing the Internet, send (sic) e-mails, text and video…

Sofia: Comfy Payphone Cabins Rise in Sofia

21 years ago

"A campaign for payphone modernization has started in capital Sofia, with the first ones of the new cabins already anticipating…

UK: Payphones to feel wind of change as BT sells sweets

21 years ago

"In the biggest evolution of the phone box for more than 20 years, BT is moving the telephone to the…

GSM payphones reach Rwandan rural communities

21 years ago

"MTN Rwanda says that in the past year, it has provided over 1,600 GSM based payphones for rural communities, bringing…

NYC: 25% of Subway Phones Don’t Work

21 years ago

The New York Times reports that 25% of New York City subway payphones: "lacked a dial tone, were unable to…

Punta Gorda: Pay phones installed at FEMA park

21 years ago

"Sprint has received at least 31 requests for phone service in the phase III section but will not put the…