The title says it all. I had LinkNYC machines all over New York blasting this ghastly noise. The “howler”, as it is known, is usually only heard through landline telephones when the handset had been off the hook too long.
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These charmers are a recent discovery for me.
https://youtu.be/ajkLQ3RJrsY I procured a VCR for the purpose of digitizing some of my old VHS…
https://youtu.be/0tUj9-TonbY Starts at the Fordham Road subway, where one of the phones I looked at…
An unexpected payphone find in Ozone Park, Queens, led to a trip through its Streetview…