Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: uk.telecom,uk.telecom.voip Subject: Re: 'phoneboxes? Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:19:26 +0000 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <82pl61zr4x.fsf@example.com> References: <10n4gn1$1vd3h$10@dont-email.me> <3kb*UkxzA@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> <10n4lsa$2o2tc$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="458069"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gFZvtKnYiJAbmteB2PBOj5wBecc= sha1:mtb162hb6Gz4qN/EwqnEI4tC8k0= X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBwDAIA0BLLZCwyuH1L2F3UF6WG0HDYv0qOWefurz6VDqTYVLhBTPvKWtgOiMSfn4TwBFf Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom:38990 uk.telecom.voip:9203 Woody writes: > On Wed 18/02/2026 14:20, Theo wrote: >> In uk.telecom.voip J. P. Gilliver 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