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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

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

UK: ‘Save our Phone Boxes’ Campaign continues

"These phone boxes provide a lifeline in many rural communities, both for visitors and the people who live there. "In…

20 years ago

Sprint sees profitable future for payphones

This memo from Sprint's corporate intranet was sent to the Payphone Project by a Sprint employee. While the death knells…

20 years ago

Stehekin, Washington: A Town Without Telephones

"If telephones ever come to Stehekin, a lot of tourist brochures will need editing. Most locals use two-way radios to…

20 years ago

UK: Phone boxes are vanishing from streets

"Councillor Keith Sharp said: "We have made a request for the phone box in Francis Gardens to be removed because…

20 years ago

UK: BT plan to cut Dundee payphones

“There are 6200 payphones in Scotland and over two-thirds of these no longer cover their costs.” Read more

20 years ago