There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer

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Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost.

"There are lots of people who can’t afford a cellphone or a phone bill", #PhilTel co-founder Mike Dank said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/

Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost.

“There are lots of people who can’t afford a cellphone or a phone bill,” PhilTel co-founder Mike Dank said.

The Washington Post
"In June Mike Dank & Naveen Albert started #PhilTel — a phone collective that would convert old #donated #Payphones into free working phones using coinless #circuitboards rewired to connect through the #internet. #Libraries, #artspaces, #soupkitchens, #communitycenters — I can think of lots of #publicplaces that would #benefit, Dank said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/
Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost.

“There are lots of people who can’t afford a cellphone or a phone bill,” PhilTel co-founder Mike Dank said.

The Washington Post
In the works! Now time to digitize #mastoart #philtel