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The Payphone is Back! (well in Rural Vermont at least)

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  The Payphone is Back! (well in Rural Vermont at least) Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-18 09:53 +0100
    Re: The Payphone is Back! (well in Rural Vermont at least) Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2026-05-18 11:02 +0100
      Re: The Payphone is Back! (well in Rural Vermont at least) Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-18 11:21 +0100

#39572 — The Payphone is Back! (well in Rural Vermont at least)

"VoIP Brings Back Old-Fashioned Pay Phones to Rural Vermont Dial zero
for a direct line to the engineerwho installed them

"Remember pay phones? Those relics of telecom’s distant past were once
everywhere—on many busy street corners, in bars and restaurants, even
built into airliners’ seatbacks. Now, an engineer in Vermont is aiming
to give the old-fashioned device some present-day relevance.

"Patrick Schlott, 32, is an electrical engineer by training who works at
the South Burlington, Vt.–based eVTOL maker Beta Technologies. Inspired
in part by the free-phone projects Futel and PhilTel, he’s restored and
installed free-to-use pay phones at over half a dozen locations across
Vermont. "

https://spectrum.ieee.org/payphone-voip

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On 18/05/2026 09:53, Richmond wrote:
> "VoIP Brings Back Old-Fashioned Pay Phones to Rural Vermont Dial zero
> for a direct line to the engineerwho installed them
> 
> "Remember pay phones? Those relics of telecom’s distant past were once
> everywhere—on many busy street corners, in bars and restaurants, even
> built into airliners’ seatbacks. Now, an engineer in Vermont is aiming
> to give the old-fashioned device some present-day relevance.
> 
> "Patrick Schlott, 32, is an electrical engineer by training who works at
> the South Burlington, Vt.–based eVTOL maker Beta Technologies. Inspired
> in part by the free-phone projects Futel and PhilTel, he’s restored and
> installed free-to-use pay phones at over half a dozen locations across
> Vermont. "
> 
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/payphone-voip


BT are busy installing Street Hubs

https://business.bt.com/public-sector/street-hubs/street-hubs-for-the-public/

There is one outside our local train station, you can make free phone 
calls, connect to wifi and gaze at the latest crucial must-see 
advertising for Dolmio pasta sauce....

Oh on that, also found a chance to buy your own historical telephone box 
and accessories

https://www.x2connect.com/RedPhonebox/Telephone-Box-Pricing

Is this an investment thing?

-- 
Adrian C

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Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> writes:

> On 18/05/2026 09:53, Richmond wrote:
>> "VoIP Brings Back Old-Fashioned Pay Phones to Rural Vermont Dial zero
>> for a direct line to the engineerwho installed them
>> "Remember pay phones? Those relics of telecom’s distant past were
>> once
>> everywhere—on many busy street corners, in bars and restaurants, even
>> built into airliners’ seatbacks. Now, an engineer in Vermont is aiming
>> to give the old-fashioned device some present-day relevance.
>> "Patrick Schlott, 32, is an electrical engineer by training who
>> works at
>> the South Burlington, Vt.–based eVTOL maker Beta Technologies. Inspired
>> in part by the free-phone projects Futel and PhilTel, he’s restored and
>> installed free-to-use pay phones at over half a dozen locations across
>> Vermont. "
>> https://spectrum.ieee.org/payphone-voip
>
>
> BT are busy installing Street Hubs
>
> https://business.bt.com/public-sector/street-hubs/street-hubs-for-the-public/
>
> There is one outside our local train station, you can make free phone
> calls, connect to wifi and gaze at the latest crucial must-see
> advertising for Dolmio pasta sauce....
>
> Oh on that, also found a chance to buy your own historical telephone
> box and accessories
>
> https://www.x2connect.com/RedPhonebox/Telephone-Box-Pricing
>
> Is this an investment thing?

Street Hub sounds useful, but the FAQ doesn't say where they
are. Searching on Google suggests the nearest one to me is about 50
miles away.

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