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The company doesn't break out results from its pay-phone business, which is part of its wireline unit.

A Future in Pay Phones? One Firm Answers the Call Greg Bensinger 2011

"Basically anywhere you can ring up an average of about 100 calls per month, you can be profitable," said Willard Nichols , president of the pay-phone trade group.

A Future in Pay Phones? One Firm Answers the Call Greg Bensinger 2011

Sprint Nextel Corp. got out of the business in 2006 with its spinoff of Embarq and AT&T Inc. scrapped its pay-phone operations at the end of 2008.

A Future in Pay Phones? One Firm Answers the Call Greg Bensinger 2011

Thanks to the rise of the cellphone, there are only about 425,000 pay phones left nationwide, down from a peak of 2.2 million in 2000, according to the American Public Communications Council, a trade group representing many of the country's roughly 800 independent pay-phone operators.

A Future in Pay Phones? One Firm Answers the Call Greg Bensinger 2011

The pay-phone business has gotten so bad that public phones are disappearing at a rate of about 10% a year.

A Future in Pay Phones? One Firm Answers the Call Greg Bensinger 2011

He and Spider liked to wander to the white parts of town and put shoe polish on pay-phone receivers.

Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

He and Spider liked to wander to the white parts of town and put shoe polish on pay-phone receivers.

Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

He and Spider liked to wander to the white parts of town and put shoe polish on pay-phone receivers.

Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

Just the pay-phone call they told you about—to hear their voices, let them know I was alive.

AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

Congress that directs the Federal Communications Commission to exercise its authority to intercede on behalf of consumers with sensible regulation of the prison pay-phone industry.

Outrageous rates charged for prison phone calls breaks family ties 2009