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Scottsdale firm lets callers dial for free

“A Scottsdale company believes it has an answer for the struggling pay-phone business: Let customers dial a call for free.”
This is not really new. Popa Media, as covered by the Payphone Project several months ago, has offered free public telephones throughout New York City for some time now. I think that free (ad-supported) public telephony represents a significant part of the future of public telephony.
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