Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic Seen similar in Cockfosters Tube Station in the UK. Still illuminated mind. Not sure there are any public phones left in London at this point.
Martijn de Vrieze - TK69241@SHODAN @pluralistic
I do not recall seeing any functioning payphones in London, However I ran into this still functioning relic last year in Oxford.
I do not recall seeing any functioning payphones in London, However I ran into this still functioning relic last year in Oxford.
Charlie Stross@martijndevrieze @SHODAN @pluralistic BUSINESS STARTUP IDEA: Buy up empty phone booths, slap PV panels on top and a battery/distribution board inside, then rent them out as smartphone fast-charge charging points (with a lock-box to leave your phone in while it's sucking juice at £1/30 minutes).
"It's a phone box. You pay us for permission to leave your phone in it. You're welcome."
@cstross Some UK phone booths are already given to the community afaik. Some are used to store defibrillators and some are libraries.
@SHODAN As I live in the UK, I knew that already. Shocking, isn't it?
@cstross Heh, missed that. I think BT want to get rid of these generally mind, so offloading them to the community to maintain instead seems cynical enough from a certain angle I suppose.
@cstross Hell, maybe I could see if I could buy a working phone from one at some point, see if I could get it working on the mobile network and use it as an alternative for home use only instead of giving out my mobile number.
@SHODAN I had a friend (now dead) who once lifted most of a Strowger exchange from a skip outside a BT building they were re-equipping with System X. He took it home, set it up, added a speaking clock, and put the speaking clock on a premium-rate phone line with a number he could give to people who annoyed him.
Elias Mårtenson