Engineer restores pay phones for free public use Vermont Rep. Philip Jay Hooper, who represents Orange County, makes a call using one of Patrick Schlott's payphones. Patrick Schlott hide caption toggle caption Patrick Schlott Patrick Schlott often finds himself in a cellular dead zone during his drive to work. "You go down the road, you turn the corner and you're behind a mountain and you'll lose cell coverage pretty fast," he says. The 31-year-old electrical engineer says poor reception is ...