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PRAY at Beyond the Streets

It may not have been authentic PRAY, but I appreciated seeing one of my all-time New York City heroes get…

6 years ago

LinkNYC’s Loudspeakerphone: A Failure With Precedent

LinkNYC's loudspeaker interface erases some of the most common maintenance headaches of the traditional payphones. But at what cost?

6 years ago

No Dial Tone at Grand Central Terminal

PTS's New York City payphones have been known to not work for months on end before coming back alive. This…

6 years ago

Inbound Calls Now Allowed to Australia’s Telstra Payphones

Australia's 1800 payphones now allow for incoming calls. Combine that with Telstra's Australia Payphone Locator and I came up with…

6 years ago

The “WE NEED MORE PAY PHONES” Vandal(s) Never Stop(s)

Whatever I might think of the means I have to respect the determination and hand-crafted work of whoever keeps placing…

6 years ago

To Whoever Gets the Job of Franchise Inspector at DoITT

In my never-ending quest for new ways to be ignored I have applied for the job of Franchise Inspector at…

6 years ago

Lost a Coin to a New York City Payphone? That’s Too Bad.

Now I know what happens when you a New York City payphone swallows your quarter. It keeps it. Or rather…

6 years ago

Interesting Day on the Payphones

A couple of unrelated encounters on a Sunday afternoon proved once again (not that it was ever lost on me)…

6 years ago

Free Payphones in Winnsboro, South Carolina

So what if it's a longshot? If this actually connects it would be pretty cool. Anyone in the vicinity of…

6 years ago

Payphone Project DOB: December 5, 1995?

I found evidence of the day this website was born. It appears to have occurred either after midnight on December…

6 years ago