Due largely to the overwhelming dominance of mobile phones, payphones are a sometimes overlooked relic from the 90’s and earlier eras. While seldom seen out in the wild these days, they can however ...

Australia’s payphones are an iconic part of the national landscape, even if they’re not as important as they once used to be.

Nearly two decades ago I was in the payphone business. I worked for an independent 1+ and 0+ payphone carrier. The gist is that every time someone made a collect call, the company made money by being ...

In smog-darkened days and streetlight lit nights, every person who’s ever put a quarter in the slot and a public pay phone receiver to their ear probably has their own story to tell, though chances ...

Last month, New York City removed its last payphone kiosk, a relic of an analog age that in 2022 is more of a museum piece than a functional object. So it’s fitting that the phone immediately made its ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

How ironic that a song about something as old-fashioned as a payphone sets a digital download record. By Gary Trust How ironic that a song about something as old-fashioned as a payphone sets a digital ...

The video plays out as a flashback that starts with a beleaguered Levine torching his ride and dialing his lost love from said "Payphone." Then you find out how his shy, bespectacled bank worker ...