The legendary Mojave Phone Booth is back (2013)
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- The Mojave Phone Booth, originally installed in the 1960s, became an internet legend after a 1997 article inspired a tribute website.
- The booth served as a social networking platform, connecting callers from around the world until it was shut down in 2000.
- In 2015, hacker Jered Morgan resurrected the phone number (760-733-9969) as a VoIP conference call, removing barriers to access.
- Morgan acquired the number legally after it was ported out by AT&T and aims to keep it as a conference line, possibly forwarding calls to a temporary booth at the original site.