What is the payphone industrys position on the growing number of local taxes, fees and license requirements for payphones?
The payphone industry understands that PSPs have an obligation to the communities that support their payphone businesses. Typically, PSPs have been very willing to work with local officials to address social issues and have a long track record of such cooperation. It is just good business to work together to find mutually acceptable solutions. The industry believes, however, that too often PSPs and payphones are being targeted to provide expedient solutions to issues that have little to do with social concern. Or, that if true social concern is the motivation for a payphone ordinance, it is based on popular belief rather than fact. Burdensome taxes, licenses and administrative hurdles stifle competition and reduce the availability of payphones to those who need them. Municipalities that feel compelled to regulate the extent to which payphone services are made available to the public should consider the consequences to the community and the PSP and reconsider the effectiveness of public
