Payphones Past

Payphone News

Calling cards dropping their anonymous shield?

For many years, one of the most frequently visited sections of The Payphone Project has been the pages explaining what…

19 years ago

Miami Herald: Pay phones a dying breed

The Miami Herald reports: "80,000 pay phones were taken out of service in the past seven years. 150 calls a…

19 years ago

Ocala: Pay phones being put out to pasture

A lively story about the declining number of payphones in America. This story includes a multimedia feature containing sound effects…

19 years ago

Maine: Public Interest Payphones

The Concord Monitor reports: "Mainers in more than 40 locations who were stranded without a line to the outside world…

19 years ago

Maine: Good Old Pay Phones

This story describes how the residents of Cliff Island, Maine, took advantage of Maine's "Public Interest Payphone Program" to restore…

19 years ago

Mendocino: Pay phone removals provoke worries

The Mendocino Beacon refers to the Payphone Project, and to the "This Ain't Livin' blog cited in this story about…

19 years ago

Payphone Warriors: A New York City Street Game

From the maybe-you-had-to-be-there department: "In 'Payphone Warriors,' teams of four players spread out from Manhattan's Washington Square park in a…

19 years ago

(707) 964-9760 — No Incoming Calls

A friend writes to share this story of the Headlands payphone in Fort Bragg, California: "... the Headlands payphone is…

19 years ago

Amish opening up to “community phones”

This is an interesting story. I am still thinking about it, because I think its message reaches beyond the Amish…

19 years ago

Maine towns queue up for access to public telephones

Welcome to the 21st century. Access to public telephones must now be litigated and passed through political channels: "We knew…

19 years ago