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They are replacing the payphones with LinkNYC kiosks that include a phone that makes free US calls

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Interesting. I hadn't seen these before (not a NY resident and very rarely a visitor).

https://www.link.nyc/

Former NYC resident. Those things are everywhere in Manhattan and in surprisingly good condition most of the times.

Those look really cool.

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

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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