**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 13A-14 OFTHE****SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTEDPURSUANT****TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT**

I, GUYA. LONGOBARDO, President and Chief Executive Officer certify that:

1.             I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSBof Payphone Wind Down Corporation;

2.             Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report;

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present inall material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cashflows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterlyreport;

4.             The registrant’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrantand we have:

(a)                             designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

(b)                            evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

(c)                             disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5.             The registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

(a)                             all significant deficiencies in thedesign or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

(b)                            any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: November 13, 2007 |                                  |   |
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|                    | /s/ GUY A. LONGOBARDO                 |   |
|                    | Guy A. Longobardo                     |   |
|                    | President and Chief Executive Officer |   |

 

 

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