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Hey, New Yorkers: 1993 is calling. From a payphone. It wants its history back.
Ars Technica
New Yorkers are invited to make a free call to 1-(855) FOR-1993 (sadly this won't work from your mobile phone) to hear oral histories of what life was like two decades ago in the neighborhood where the payphoneis. Those not near a Manhattan payphone ...
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Verizon Supports Lowering Pay Phone Rates for Prisoners and Families
Politic365
Verizon and a host of consumer and civil rights organizations submitted its support for the 2003 Wright Petition, which forbids the practice of charging excessive payphone rates in prisons across the country. According to an infographic created to ...
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Pick Up A Pay Phone And You'll Hear My Voice
Village Voice (blog)
So a fascinating new artistic project has hooked up 5000 NYC pay phones so that if you pick up the receiver and call 1-855-FOR-1993 (toll-free), you'll hear various notables like myself reminiscing about the wonders and horrors of our city back in '93.
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Village Voice (blog)
Pay-by-phone parking closer
Tribune-Review
The Latrobe Parking Authority Tuesday appointed Carl “Skip” Bollinger and Dr. James Ramsay to join city manager Alex Graziani in reviewing a proposal from Pango Shyyny USA LLC to expand the pay-by-phone mobile parking technology it employs for ...
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Phone scam asks drivers to pay up on unpaid traffic tickets
KPTV.com
They said people have been getting calls from someone claiming to be with the Oregon State Police asking for money to pay off unpaid traffic tickets. Many people have already been taken by the scam, some paying out more than $150. Fox 12 spoke with ...
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