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Dow Jones: “Mark Thomas has lost his audience”

"Over the years, pay phones have attempted to change with the times, often with mixed results. Technology enthusiasts are constantly…

20 years ago

New York: Call anyplace for free, really!

"A company called Popa Media has planted 47 absolutely FREE PHONES throughout the city - mostly in Brooklyn and the…

21 years ago

Cutting the phone cord isn’t as popular as predicted

"While the number of wireless-only households is increasing -- close to 6 percent of all U.S. homes at the end…

21 years ago

NYC: Pay phones a rail problem

"The overall lack of (subway pay)phones, says state Sen. John Sabini (D-Jackson Heights) is "a potentially life-threatening situation." Is this…

21 years ago

UK: Kids play safer as payphone is saved

"It's so stupid taking this phone box away. If there's an accident this is the phone box that's going to…

21 years ago

Maine won’t hang up on public pay phones

"With public pay telephones disappearing all over the state, Gov. John Baldacci has signed into law a bill aimed at…

21 years ago

Malaysia: Mountain payphone enters records book

"Trekkers heading up Mount Kinabalu can now call home via two pay phones located 1.2km below the highest point, Low’s…

21 years ago

Berkeley Residents Get Prison Time For Pay Phone Scam

"Berkeley residents Daniel David and and Scott D. Nisbett were sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for their roles…

21 years ago

East Texas: Remember The Payphone?

"While it may not become a museum piece anytime soon, the payphone has definitely seen better days." Read more

21 years ago

Boston Globe: Hanging on by a wire

"Pay phones are on the wane, but even cellphone devotees plop in their coins." A nice story which profiles a…

21 years ago