The phrase 'public payphone' is correct and usable in written English.
You would use this phrase when referring to a telephone which is located in a public place and is available for anyone to use. For example, "I had to use a public payphone to make the call."
And whenever I use a public payphone, I'm aware that I could easily contract some deadly disease from the filthy receiver.
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court said that the Constitution protects telephone calls, even when they take place in a public payphone with glass walls on a city street.
You are less likely to get caught if you use a public payphone.
That country almost certainly has the world's highest ownership of mobile telephones (33 mobiles for every 100 people); the world's highest Internet (and probably modem) penetration; and more public payphones per head than almost anywhere else in Europe.
Power cuts are a way of life, the state-controlled mobile phone network is supplemented by public payphones and there are virtually no advertising billboards, newspapers or international brands except Coca-Cola.
But we will be rolling out many more Links to the other great cities across the UK over the coming months as we look to transform the look and functionality of our public payphones".
Compared to other infrastructure providers, Intersection, a hybrid municipal media and technology company, offered an opportunity for the city to modernize its existing infrastructure of public payphones with Wi-Fi enabled kiosks, which provided a monetization solution to offset the otherwise costly endeavor (estimated to be around $200 million).
Robinson acted as a middleman between Kluger and Bauer in an elaborate scheme that involved the use of public payphones and prepaid disposable cell phones in an attempt to hide their activities from law enforcement.
"[The new wi-fi terminals] raise a bunch of questions about the internet-as-public payphone, and also the use of these terminals; what their plans are and what they're thinking.
As in the UK, coin-operated telephones are available in many public places, and payphones accepting major credit cards are increasingly common.
In layman's terms, there will be "a new series of public, telephonic art installations" – payphones – spread throughout the city of Dale.
