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Thomas Farely

Tom has produced privateline.com since 1995. He is now a freelance technology writer who contributes regularly to the site.

His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

Ken is a licensed attorney who has worked in the tower industry for seven years. He has managed the development of broadcast towers nationwide and developed and built cell towers.

He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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January 29, 2004

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 01:45 AM

How low can you go?

Is this the deepest underground payphone in the world? The photo is from Larry Johnson's Heritage of Time: The People and Times of GTE Southwest 1976- 1988. It shows an underground payphone at 750 feet below sea level. It was installed in 1956 but the original line had been run in the late 1920s.

I understand a newer model still exists at Carlsbad Cavern. But it might not be the lowest payphone of any kind. The Dead Sea near the Israel/Jordan border is 1,312 feet below sea level. Does anyone know of a public payphone there? Write me! Click the image for a bigger picture:

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