Payphones Past

Payphone News

Rough Couple of Weeks for CityBridge/LinkNYC

From its payphones to its financial failings, CityBridge and its LinkNYC program had a rough couple of weeks.

5 years ago

Guerrilla Marketing for Payphone Radio, and Other Connections

Making connections, one payphone at a time.

5 years ago

Strange Doings at 1-800-WEATHER

Was 1-800-WEATHER seized by the Internal Revenue Service? Or by a pot shop in Seattle? Or both?

5 years ago

711 From LinkNYC: I Spoke Too Soon

I gave myself too much credit in getting someone to fix LinkNYC's inability to connect to the 711 relay service.…

5 years ago

Phone Booths to be Removed Soon from West Side After Complaints – amNewYork

An article at AMNY reports that about 30 payphones on 9th Avenue in midtown are on the chopping block, thanks…

5 years ago

Boston Payphones, 2014: Dartmouth and Stuart

Outside an Eastern Bank in Boston, these phones' numbers would be (617) 247-1255 and (617) 247-1249, if they still stand…

5 years ago

Public Phones are, or Rather *Were*, Found in the Likeliest Places!

Just some images I scanned from an old Bell Telephone ad found in a desk drawer, probably an eBay purchase…

5 years ago

Continuing my Roundup of Boston Payphones from 2014

These two back-to-back payphones, at 617-338-6433 and 617-338-6548, appear to remain active on Summer Street, near Macy's, in Boston, 5½ years…

5 years ago

(813) 873-9418: A Payphone of Legend

Memories of the first payphone to which I remember ever having regular access. Oh, how I worked this phone at…

5 years ago

Review: I am a “One-Man Telephone Reality Show”

My Internet radio projects are not for everybody, so it is especially gratifying to connect with someone out there who…

6 years ago