Additionally, Scholott isn’t the only one bringing some of these communication ghosts back to life. At least two other ...

In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his ...

TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — An electrical engineer by trade, Patrick Schlott has spent countless hours tinkering with new and old technology. But it wasn’t until he found himself living in rural ...

TUNBRIDGE, Vt. — An electrical engineer by trade, Patrick Schlott has spent countless hours tinkering with new and old technology. But it wasn’t until he found himself living in rural Vermont ...

I realized, wow, there’s no cell service for 10 miles in either direction,” he said. “The community could really benefit from something like this.” ...

An electrical engineer in rural Vermont is reviving old pay phones to give people a free option for making calls in areas where cell service is unreliable or nonexistent ...

Buffalo may soon have a new weapon for battling drug dealers and other “neighborhood nuisances” throughout the city. In a plan patterned after a Chicago ordinance, the Common Council is ...

To address this issue, he's providing his community with a new way to stay connected. Schlott has taken old pay phones, modified them to make free calls, and set them up in three different towns ...

Officials gathered in Times Square for the removal of what they called New York City's last public pay phone, which is headed to a local museum. But a number of other pay phones are still standing.