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New York: City Losing Revenue From Public Pay Phone Advertising

"[New York C]ity is being cheated out of millions of dollars a year in advertising revenue generated by street pay…

20 years ago

Pittsburgh: Pay phones losing connection

I was asked to comment for this story, but unfortunately my travel plans interfered with my ability to do so.…

20 years ago

Telecom New Zealand to remove 400 payphones

"There was a time when payphones were one of the only ways that New Zealanders could access the telephone when…

20 years ago

Cell phone use changes life in Africa

This article implies that payphones are irrelevent in the African communications revolution being brought about by cell phone service. In…

20 years ago

New Hampshire Town Saves its Only Pay Phone

The New York Times reports: "[T]ownspeople were determined to keep the phone when the telephone company, Verizon, said in 2000…

20 years ago

FTC Targets Internet Kiosk Fraudsters

Internetnews.com reports: "It seemed like a great idea: own fee-based, public Internet terminals located in malls and rake in the…

20 years ago

Jerusalem ‘payphone war’ heats up

Growing phenomenon in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods: Payphones locked by chains on weekends and holidays 'to prevent Sabbath desecration by Christians'…

20 years ago

End of an era: Benner-Nawman produces final phone booths

The Wickenberg Sun reports: "According to Benner-Nawman President Ed Kientz, the decline of the telephone booth business began with the…

20 years ago

Man convicted in $414 million phone scam

"A jury found Charles Edwards, who founded ETS Payphones a decade ago, guilty of 83 counts of wire fraud, money…

20 years ago

Were ETS Payphones a Fraud?

"Charles Edwards was a failed entrepreneur who found gold in 1996 when the pay telephone industry was deregulated. "But Edwards'…

20 years ago