Engineer Revives Payphones for Rural Communities

Patrick Schlott fixes old pay phones. He lives in Vermont where cell service is not good. He thought pay phones could help people in his rural area.

Schlott works at an electric airplane company. He asked a local store to put up a pay phone. The store owners agreed and let him install the phone outside.

People were surprised to see the pay phone. They asked if it really worked for free. The store owner said it helps people who need it in Vermont.

Other people wanted free phones too. They asked Schlott to put them in other places. He buys old phones and fixes them in his basement.

The phones need internet to work. Schlott pays for the internet and helps people use the phones. He likes that the old phones are useful and not wasted.