PhilTel is looking to install new (to us) payphones within the city of Philadelphia. Any payphone installed will be completely free-to-use, allowing the user to place calls within North America. Additionally, we would like to provide various experiences and services through the phones; these could be as simple as voicemail, fun as a phone number that randomly calls other payphones, or as complex as an integration with phone collectors’ networks to allow phone-phreaking and exploration!

Thus far, we have invested thousands of dollars of our own money into the project. Funds are required for both upfront, fixed expenses (acquiring and installing payphones, mounting supplies, analog telephone adapters, etc.) and ongoing, variable expenses (cost of SIP trunking for PSTN calls, VPS hosting costs, domain registrar fees, etc.) Your support is greatly appreciated and will help to expand service in undeserved communities.