EXHIBIT 21.1
                        PEOPLES TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.
                                  SUBSIDIARIES
 


                                                                                                    STATE OF
NAME                                                                                             INCORPORATION
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Campus Telephone Services, Inc. (DBA Telink, Inc.)............................................   Texas
 
PTC Cellular, Inc.............................................................................   Delaware
 
Silverado Communications, Inc.................................................................   Colorado
 
Southwest Inmate Pay Telephone Systems, Inc...................................................   Texas
 
PTC Global Link, Inc..........................................................................   Florida
 
Global Access, Ltd............................................................................   Delaware
 
Telink, Inc...................................................................................   Texas
 
Telink Telephone System, Inc..................................................................   Georgia
 
Peoples Acquisition Corporation...............................................................   Pennsylvania
 
Peoples Telephone Company, Inc. (New Hampshire)...............................................   New Hampshire
 
PTC Security Systems, Inc.....................................................................   Florida