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WinkyDink

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4. Hmmm....As a person who has often used the payphones in Port Authority and who has no cell-phone,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 05:41 AM

Nov 2014

this news bums me out. (No cell-phone for the very simple reason that I have no-one to call enough times when I'm not at home to justify the monthly cost.)

And do poor people have cell-phones? Or are they more likely to have a couple of quarters?

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Pay Phones in New York City Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots. [View all] elleng Nov 2014 OP

Way cool! Mahalo ellen.. :) Mayor de Blasio.. "for a fair and just city".. from you link Cha Nov 2014 #1

Makes you wonder if they will pick up on the 13th floor.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #2

K&R ReRe Nov 2014 #3

Hmmm....As a person who has often used the payphones in Port Authority and who has no cell-phone, WinkyDink Nov 2014 #4

There's a cell phone "lifeline" service. mwooldri Nov 2014 #5

Great idea. Sienna86 Nov 2014 #6

Just try and find a Pay Phone bahrbearian Nov 2014 #7

most excellent idea... n/t annabanana Nov 2014 #8