This article implies that payphones are irrelevent in the African communications revolution being brought about by cell phone service. In…
The New York Times reports: "[T]ownspeople were determined to keep the phone when the telephone company, Verizon, said in 2000…
Internetnews.com reports: "It seemed like a great idea: own fee-based, public Internet terminals located in malls and rake in the…
"A jury found Charles Edwards, who founded ETS Payphones a decade ago, guilty of 83 counts of wire fraud, money…
"Charles Edwards was a failed entrepreneur who found gold in 1996 when the pay telephone industry was deregulated. "But Edwards'…
"These phone boxes provide a lifeline in many rural communities, both for visitors and the people who live there. "In…
This memo from Sprint's corporate intranet was sent to the Payphone Project by a Sprint employee. While the death knells…
"If telephones ever come to Stehekin, a lot of tourist brochures will need editing. Most locals use two-way radios to…
"Councillor Keith Sharp said: "We have made a request for the phone box in Francis Gardens to be removed because…
“There are 6200 payphones in Scotland and over two-thirds of these no longer cover their costs.” Read more