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Brother, can you spare a quarter?

I get quoted at far greater length than I deserve in this nice story about the potential removal of a…

19 years ago

Daytona Beach News: The Lost Jobs

The pay-phone maintenance man is cited as an example of a job that will eventually disappear. The maintenance man quoted…

19 years ago

The Mailbox Project? US Mailbox Location Data Released

Update, 9/26/2006 Of interest to Payphone Project readers -- and of interest to all who believe public information should be…

19 years ago

APCC Services Files Complaints Against 25 Carriers

The American Public Communications Council (APCC) is targeting carriers who fail to pay compensation to payphone providers for coinless payphone…

19 years ago

Are there any phone booths left in Pittsburgh?

Kim Lyons finds a handful of phone booths in Pittsburgh, illustrating how Superman would likely be out of luck should…

19 years ago

Verizon to end its Airfone service

The Airfone, owned by Verizon, is essentially an extremely expensive in-flight payphone. I remember using one of these phones to…

19 years ago

Lacking payphones, Indiana chaplain starts cell phone ministry

"There's one pay phone at the crossroads near the docks the men can walk to. The men are there all…

19 years ago

These phone booths take cellphones

When I was a kid the church I attended installed baby booths. These were soundproof (almost) rooms where parents could…

20 years ago

Missouri: For a quarter you can’t even make a call

'"AT&T does continue to operate 'as many pay phones in St. Francois County as possible,' Moesner said. He added that…

20 years ago

You Must Remember This…

MacAllister Stone writes: "My personal experiences with payphones over the years tend toward the middle-of-the-night, damn-I'm-in-a-fix variety. You know the…

20 years ago