Jaroth, Inc. d/b/a Pacific Telemanagement Services is a nationwide operator of payphones in the United States

United States

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 based in San Leandro, California

San Leandro, California

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. It was founded in 1984 and usually takes over the pay telephone operations that telephones companies such as BellSouth

BellSouth

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 have abandoned. AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

 payphones that have been removed at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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locations have been replaced with phones from PTS. Many colleges have also done the same .