**Exhibit 31.1**

 

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

 

I, GUY A. LONGOBARDO, President and ChiefExecutive Officer certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-QSB of ETS Payphones, Inc.;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge,this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisquarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.                                       The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

 

(a)                                  designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures 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 theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of adate within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the“Evaluation Date”); and

 

(c)                                  disclosed in this reportany change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

(a)                                  all significantdeficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which couldadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial data and have identified for the registrant’s auditors anymaterial weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

(b)                                 any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal controls; and

 

6.                                       The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether therewere significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that couldsignificantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our mostrecent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date: August 17,2005

 
|   | /s/  GUY A. LONGOBARDO                 |
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|   | Guy  A. Longobardo                     |
|   | President  and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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