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The CBC Maps Ottawa Payphones

CBC Radio's "All in a Day" follows up on the developing story of a potential 100% increase in the cost…

13 years ago

Bell Canada’s Proposed Rate Hike Raises Hackles From The Internet

Canadians seem to take their payphones pretty seriously based on their online reactions to a proposal from Bell Canada and…

13 years ago

NYC Phone Booth Museum

As if stepping through a time-portal I found myself inside this hall of New York City phone booths. It was…

13 years ago

The Way It Used To Be

Watch as I dial toll-free directory assistance on an unbelievably ancient New York City rotary dial payphone. Video from March,…

13 years ago

Wood Phone Booth, NYC. March, 2012.

I thought sure this old wood booth would have been removed since I last saw it about 2 years ago.

13 years ago

Payphones and Pants, Pants and Payphones

It's a commercial for pants -- Dockers pants -- which contains some nice imagery of abandoned phone booths from around…

13 years ago

The Phone Booths at Central Park, NYC

Rare New York City phone booths spotted in Manhattan's Central Park. March, 2012. (212) 722-9781, (212) 722-9476, (212) 722-9431 &…

13 years ago

311’s Payphone Complaints

I submitted a 311 complaint about a payphone that has been out of service for years. Nothing happened. The phone…

13 years ago

NY Times: $51 for 2 Minutes? Not Without A Fight.

More news from the world of payphone scams. This time BBG Global is the villain, according to the New York…

14 years ago

Help Catch This Philadelphia Payphone Thief

The images are grainier than the sound quality of a typical cell-phone connection, but they show the face and actions…

14 years ago