An electrical engineer in Vermont is using his talents to restore old pay phones so people in rural areas with spotty cell service have reliable places to make calls.
“I realized, wow, there’s no cell service for 10 miles (16 kilometers) in either direction,” Patrick Schlott said, according to ABC News. “The community could really benefit from something like this.”
Schlott, who works as a full-time engineer at electric airplane manufacturing company BETA Technologies, installed the first pay phone outside of the North Tunbridge General Store. The owners Mike and Lois Gross agreed to the project after Schlott approached them with the idea to install old pay phones around town and make them free to the public, as well as the host, the report
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