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Good Morning Gentlemen.

Let me first say how much I have been enjoying this site for several years. Long time lurker but never posted.

Is their a way to contact Verizon to remove a payphone from the lobby of one of our community centers? They disconnected the line years ago but never came and removed the phone itself.

I'd do it myself but do not have the key to open the unit and access the mounting plate. (it's mounted on a brick wall)

Perhaps Ed in VA might know since I am sure he's had plenty of fun dealing with Verizon Customer Service. I am in MD and we get practically no support from them anymore even being a local government.

Apparently now, they are also getting out of providing 911 Call Center Service so The group that handles that department are looking for alternatives.

Oh how I miss the old days.

Thanks,

Brian

Start sending them a bill for storage in a climate controlled ,secure,environment.

It's not worth it for them to send out a tech to remove it.
A few solid swings of a sledgehammer would probably do the trick.

Just start prying from one corner with an extra large screwdriver or a pry bar and the whole thing will come off. You will have some patching to do. The phone is worth something.

Rcaman

You could drill the lock but that would mess up a collectible phone. I agree with using a pry bar especially since it's mounted to a brick wall. Can't be more than expansion anchors holding it and with a little persuasion they should come loose.

-Hal

Pretty bad when a company like Verizon, leaves what looks like a working payphone with NO dial tone on it, installed Anywhere. Not everyone has a cell phone. In an emergency, not good. They should be ashamed.

No, it's a business decision. Nobody uses payphones anymore.

Occasionally I'll see a payphone being used. Probably not enough to cover costs. Still, if you break, lose or accidently discharge your mobile phone, a payphone can be a welcome sight.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'll head to the Depot and get a decent pry bar.

As I plan to keep it, How to I get keys to utilize it or is that going to be a drill and replace operation?

I find a couple or three pry bars work better