**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO 13a-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANTTO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT**

 

I, GUY A. LONGOBARDO, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of ETSPayphones, Inc.;

 

2.     Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

 

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant andhave:

 

(a)   Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

(b)   Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)   Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

(a)   Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial data and have identified for the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)   Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls. 

 
| Date:  March 31, 2006 |                                    |
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|                  | /s/  GUY  A. LONGOBARDO       |   |
|                  | Guy  A. Longobardo                      |
|                  | *President and Chief Executive Officer* |

 

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