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More Payphone Scam News

For each toll-free call made from a payphone the owner of the phone gets about 50ยข in FCC-mandated dial-around compensation.…

13 years ago

February 3, 2012, 3:24pm

A man using a payphone. February 3, 2012.

13 years ago

Polivio Payphone: Gone, But Not Forgotten

All that remains of the Polivio Payphone that once stood at 31-08 Astoria Boulevard South is a set of 4…

13 years ago

Greenwood Inn Phone Booth. Greenwood, Delaware. October, 2005.

October, 2005, photo of a highway phone booth outside the Greenwood Inn in Greenwood, Delaware.

13 years ago

Some Payphone Somewhere

Some picture of some payphone somewhere.

14 years ago

SORRY! Temporarily OUT OF SERVICE

This sticker on a New York City payphone seems helpful enough... Until one notices that the clip art on this…

14 years ago

South Wales: End of the line for public phone boxes?

The South Wales Evening Post carries a jeremiad of sorts on the state of public phone boxes.

14 years ago

Curbside Payphone, Queens

This is my favorite type of payphone: On the curb. Almost on the street. In traffic. This public pay telephone…

14 years ago

Loco Hills, New Mexico

Photo by Daniel Zubiate of a Phone Booth in Loco Hills, New Mexico. January, 2004.

14 years ago

Canada: $1 Payphone Calls?

"Using a payphone -- yes, they're still out there -- will cost $1 instead of 25 cents in Nova Scotia…

14 years ago