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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by gnopgnip on Friday May 27, 2022 @02:15PM (#31532862)
They are replacing the payphones with LinkNYC kiosks that include a phone that makes free US calls
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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by tstrimple on Friday May 27, 2022 @02:31PM (#31533077)
Interesting. I hadn't seen these before (not a NY resident and very rarely a visitor).

https://www.link.nyc/

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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by jck on Friday May 27, 2022 @04:12PM (#31534334)
Former NYC resident. Those things are everywhere in Manhattan and in surprisingly good condition most of the times.
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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by tempest_ on Saturday May 28, 2022 @02:25PM (#31542533)
Those look really cool.

How do they work in practice? Do they get vandalized a lot? Do people actually charge their devices with them?

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Re:Last public payphone removed from Manhattan streets by iamphilrae on Saturday May 28, 2022 @02:35PM (#31542594)
We have those in London too under the name InLink and are run by BT (the main telephone company here). BT used to offer free calls on them, but they had to stop because it was mostly being used by purchasers of drugs as an anonymous means of putting in an order. In terms of charging, they’re well used by homeless people.

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https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/News_events/2019/April_2019/...

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