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cm0002@lemmy.world to Retro Technology@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

Engineer Fixes and Re-Installs Old Payphones, Provides Free Calls to the Public

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Engineer Fixes and Re-Installs Old Payphones, Provides Free Calls to the Public

www.core77.com

cm0002@lemmy.world to Retro Technology@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago
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Engineer Fixes and Re-Installs Old Payphones, Provides Free Calls to the Public - Core77
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Payphones "were the only things that were built to last for decades and be out in the elements," says electrical engineer Patrick Schlott. He should know; as a hobby, he buys secondhand payphones, rewires them, then asks local businesses in rural Vermont if they'd let him install them. His goal
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    His goal is to offer, for free, public telephone service. (Schlott foots the bill himself.)

    What an absolute hero. I can only see one flaw with his plan though… Who the hell memorizes phone numbers anymore?

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      When I was poor and homeless. I still had a phone with contacts. Just no phone subscription.

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      I know 3 numbers by heart, mine, my wife’s, and my dad’s because he’s had the same number since I was 10.

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    Dope

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