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More Than 60 Pay Phones Burglarized In The Oklahoma City Area

"Sooner Telecommunication officials belief the thief is either a pay phone technician or someone who has worked in the field.…

20 years ago

Indiana: Need a pay phone? You may be out of luck

"[T]here is still life left in pay phones because they serve a certain group of people, those who can’t afford…

20 years ago

Sweethearts of the Switchboard

"During an era when women were only expected to fill the strict roles of nurse, wife or school teacher, these…

20 years ago

North Carolina: Pay Phone Thief Sentenced

"Mr. Evans stole pay phones by unbolting them from their bases, and smashed them open for the money inside." Seems…

20 years ago

Don’t hang up yet on pay telephones

"There will always be a need for pay phones, said Willard Nichols, president of the Alexandria, Va.-based American Public Communications…

20 years ago

Pay phones hot for home decor

Gannon said that for most affluent people today, pay phones have been replaced completely by cell phones. "The coin drop…

20 years ago

Africa: Community phones change lives of Rwandan farmers

"In March 2004, MTN Rwanda, the only mobile telecoms company in the tiny central African nation launched a community pay…

20 years ago

Toledo: Lagrange neighborhood hangs up pay telephones

"Once deemed a necessary safety feature of any urban neighborhood, pay telephones are increasingly considered emblems of urban blight. In…

20 years ago

Sofia: Comfy Payphone Cabins Rise in Sofia

"A campaign for payphone modernization has started in capital Sofia, with the first ones of the new cabins already anticipating…

20 years ago

UK: Payphones to feel wind of change as BT sells sweets

"In the biggest evolution of the phone box for more than 20 years, BT is moving the telephone to the…

20 years ago