AT&T- Public Phone 1000 PLUS

AT&T- Public Phone 1000 PLUS

The AT&T Public Phone 1000 (PP1000) is understood as an early, experimental predecessor to the Public Phone 2000, developed in the late 1980s by AT&T during its first post-divestiture push into intelligent, card-based public telephony.

Name	AT&T- Public Phone 1000 PLUS
Date	1990. Desk mounted card only
Manufacturer	AT&T

Development of the AT&T- Public Phone 1000 PLUS

The AT&T Public Phone 1000 (PP1000) is understood as an early, experimental predecessor to the Public Phone 2000, developed in the late 1980s by AT&T during its first post-divestiture push into intelligent, card-based public telephony.

The PP1000 was a network-dependent hybrid public terminal, designed to test database-driven billing, calling-card validation, and enhanced user interfaces before those ideas were consolidated in the Public Phone 2000. It relied heavily on remote host systems for authorization and call control, had little onboard storage, and required constant connectivity to AT&T databases. Deployment appears to have been limited and short-lived, likely confined to pilot programs in high-traffic locations such as airports.

ATT, Card Phone, Free Standing, Supervised, USA

January 31, 2026

Pay phone Story