Re: 'phoneboxes?

From	Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom, uk.telecom.voip
Subject	Re: 'phoneboxes?
Date	2026-02-18 21:19 +0000
Organization	Frantic
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Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> writes:

> On Wed 18/02/2026 14:20, Theo wrote:
>> In uk.telecom.voip J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>> I've just seen (13:5x, BBC1 as part of the news) the same feature on
>>> 'phoneboxes I saw this morning on breakfast; this time, I watched
>>> carefully to see if there was any mention, which of course there
>>> wasn't:
>>>
>>> When normal landlines are finally turned off, what will happen to
>>> 'phoneboxes? I presume they'll remain much as they are as far as the
>>> user is concerned, just switch to VoIP.
>>>
>>> I suppose it could be argued that such a question isn't appropriate
>>> for a general interest report (though of course I feel the ending of
>>> landlines has had far too little publicity altogether), but I
>>> thought I'd ask anyway, as I thought it is an interesting question.
>>> >> I don't know in equipment terms, but I think some of them have >>
>>> already been >> turned into wifi hotspots and offer additional
>>> services like browsing and >> texting.  So quite possibly those are
>>> on the broadband already.  >> Presumably BT Payphones has an
>>> arrangement with Openreach so the >> cutoff >> dates for residential
>>> customers don't apply to them.
>
>
> There are quite a number of alternative phone service providers and in
> their boxes there is a fitting in the roof that connects the call
> through cellular.

I found a map of phone boxes, although the nearest ones to me are in
places I would think twice about visiting.

https://www.x2connect.com/RedPhoneBox/K6PhotoGallery

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'phoneboxes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-18 14:01 +0000
  Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-18 14:20 +0000
    Re: 'phoneboxes? Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-02-18 15:29 +0000
      Re: 'phoneboxes? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-02-18 21:19 +0000
      Re: 'phoneboxes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-19 11:25 +0000
        Re: 'phoneboxes? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-19 11:30 +0000
          Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-19 13:26 +0000
            Re: 'phoneboxes? Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2026-02-19 13:57 +0000
              Re: 'phoneboxes? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-19 16:08 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2026-02-21 17:13 +0000
            Re: 'phoneboxes? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-19 16:07 +0000
              Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-19 23:01 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-20 11:01 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-20 12:03 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> - 2026-02-20 14:43 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-20 14:59 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-20 20:37 +0000
                Re: 'phoneboxes? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-02-21 17:28 +0000
  Re: 'phoneboxes? Trolleybus <ken@birchanger.com> - 2026-02-19 09:47 +0000
  Re: 'phoneboxes? Tim+ <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay> - 2026-02-19 18:13 +0000
    Re: 'phoneboxes? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-19 22:08 +0000

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