Engineer Restores Pay Phones for Free Public Use in Rural Vermont
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Summary
An electrical engineer in Vermont's Orange County, Patrick Schlott, has restored old pay phones to provide free public calls, addressing the area's poor cellphone coverage. His initiative helps residents stay connected in rural dead zones.
Key quotes
· 3 pulled"You go down the road, you turn the corner and you're behind a mountain and you'll lose cell coverage pretty fast," says Patrick Schlott.
The 31-year-old electrical engineer says poor reception is a common frustration for residents of Vermont's Orange County.
Schlott has taken old pay phones, modified them to make free calls, and set them up in three diff
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