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eurozerozeroIt seems some Australian payphones, like the one down the road from here, have now been updated with USB charging ports (both USB-A and USB-C). Nice idea!(for several years, all of the 12,000 or so phone booths in Australia have been free to use, with more than 3,000 offering free Wi-Fi as well)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhoneBooths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneBooths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telstra</a>

skua<a href="https://bsd.network/@lcheylus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lcheylus</a> The provider of public phones in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> has, from what I've seen locally, taken a similar tack.They're free - when you can find one. National and mobile AFAIK.Thinking it comes down to "It's cheaper and more reliable this way."I think the provider is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telstra</a> - the remnant of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Telecom</a>, formerly Post Master General? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicPhones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a>

VonStargroveA weathered Bell Canada pay phone 📞 It looks like it might still work! But the handle looked so gnarly I was hesitant to pick it up & test it. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a>

Colina crossover of two of my favorites: <a href="https://defcon.social/@deviantollam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@deviantollam</a> and Sarah from <a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@connections" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@connections</a> ! <a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/Payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Payphones</a> <a href="https://birdbutt.com/tags/Payphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Payphone</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpjGNa8NsY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpjGNa8NsY</a>

N-gated Hacker News🚀 Breaking news: A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rebel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineer</a> has resurrected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> from the dead to provide free calls! 📞 Because nothing screams "cutting-edge technology" like 1990s hardware in 2023! Who needs a smartphone when you have a shiny, old payphone in the rain? 🤣 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InnovationOrInconvenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InnovationOrInconvenience</a> <a href="https://www.core77.com/posts/137183/Engineer-Fixes-and-Re-Installs-Old-Payphones-Provides-Free-Calls-to-the-Public" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.core77.com/posts/137183/Engineer-Fixes-and-Re-Installs-Old-Payphones-Provides-Free-Calls-to-the-Public</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Revived</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCalls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

Hacker NewsEngineer Fixes and Re-Installs Old Payphones, Provides Free Calls to the Public<a href="https://www.core77.com/posts/137183/Engineer-Fixes-and-Re-Installs-Old-Payphones-Provides-Free-Calls-to-the-Public" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.core77.com/posts/137183/Engineer-Fixes-and-Re-Installs-Old-Payphones-Provides-Free-Calls-to-the-Public</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Engineer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fixes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fixes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Re</a>-Installs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Old</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Payphones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Free</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Calls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Public</a>

Bruce MacDonaldOld payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telephony</a>

MarcusMore Objects from Films (Shockproof [1949])<a href="https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/#Shockproof1949" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/#Shockproof1949</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drawing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ObjectsFromFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ObjectsFromFilms</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a>

AI6YR Ben🤔 AP: Remember public phones? The Masters still offers old-school devices as alternative to cellphonesAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Attending the Masters for the first time was a new experience for Thomas Abraham, and it wasn’t just about the golf.The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/masters-cellphones-augusta-national-5bf892f6e12ca8a0987807cbe48b287c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/masters-cellphones-augusta-national-5bf892f6e12ca8a0987807cbe48b287c</a><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telephones</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a>

csHow <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> work by <a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@connections" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@connections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telephones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telephony</a><a href="https://youtu.be/Cdi1YvXj6_Q?si=BkB_wzYZ_LgXksDM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Cdi1YvXj6_Q?si=BkB_wzYZ_LgXksDM</a>

:nfld_tri: 🇨🇦 CowMan 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇽I wonder how long these <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a> will continue to exist here. By the old Fortis building, <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/StJohns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StJohns</a>. There used to be a bunch of payphones nearby on Water St., which would be used by (international) vessels tied up at the quay, in the days before the harbour fence.[ <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/CYYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CYYT</a> <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/YYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYT</a> <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/Nfld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nfld</a> <a href="https://nfld.me/tags/Newfoundland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newfoundland</a> ]

csHow <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PayPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayPhones</a> work(ed?) by the folks at <a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@connections" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@connections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/telephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telephones</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/Cdi1YvXj6_Q?si=CesclU3FYlntFfXc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Cdi1YvXj6_Q?si=CesclU3FYlntFfXc</a>

hyakinthosAfter eliminating <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> & private phone booths, prepaid <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GSM</a> costs are ~15 €c/min. Would you be content paying that? I.e. €1.50 for a 10 min call?<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/askfedi_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@askfedi_de</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pollbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pollbot</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/askFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#askFedi</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poll</a>

💰📞 payphones ✨☎️🚲✨ This bike payphone in Uganda is very cool! ✨🍌[ 📸📝 Credit: Ken Banks, <a href="https://kiwanja.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kiwanja.net</a> ]<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/payphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphone</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uganda</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bikephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bikephone</a>

Raven (she/her) :sparkling_trans_heart: :fedora: :neodog_verified:Searching for an exit to the Matrix in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pdx</a>? Futel offers these FREE <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> around town!They are fully functional and even have a voicemail system that allows the user to access messages that may have been left for them. I love their ethos:> At Futel, we believe in the preservation of public telephone hardware as a means of providing access to the agora for everybody, and toward that goal we are privileged to provide free telephone calls, voicemail, and telephone-mediated services. We do not judge the motivations of our users, or who they choose to call; if they don’t have someone to call, we can provide a presence on the other end. Denial of telephony services has long been a tactic used against undesirable populations, and our devices will counteract that. – <a href="https://futel.net/about/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://futel.net/about/</a>I’m old enough to have made a few calls on payphones as a kid, and it’s really cool to see this project in the wild, especially as a free service.It was hard to find info, even on r/portland and r/askportland about working payphones and Futel is a gem!

keen456 keen456Absolutely fascinating post by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jbcrawford" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jbcrawford</a> on the history of the payphone business, rentals, and the scam ecosystem around them. <a href="https://computer.rip/2024-10-26-buy-payphones-and-retire.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://computer.rip/2024-10-26-buy-payphones-and-retire.html</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telecom</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#longread</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a>

Kool Depeche Moe DeeIt’s a two-fer set of <a href="https://waytoomuch.info/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> at estação <a href="https://waytoomuch.info/tags/Orient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orient</a>, <a href="https://waytoomuch.info/tags/Lisboa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lisboa</a>

Chirael (Anthony) :donor: :ferdiverified: 🇺🇦 :rainbow_flag:<a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/pay-phone-bandit-baffled-fbi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/pay-phone-bandit-baffled-fbi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lockpicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lockpicking</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/locks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#locks</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#payphones</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a>

MarcusDrawings by me of payphones from moviesEnd of the World (1977) Dark City (1950) Bucket of Blood (1959) The Terminator (1984)<a href="https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Drawings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drawings</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Payphones</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ObjectsFromFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ObjectsFromFilms</a>

MarcusMore objects from films (End of the World [1977])<a href="https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/#EndoftheWorld1977" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from-films/#EndoftheWorld1977</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Drawing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ObjectsFromFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ObjectsFromFilms</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Payphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Payphones</a>

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