Who still uses a pay phone? This victim did - seattlepi.com
Who still uses a pay phone? This victim did - seattlepi.com:
According to the most recent FCC data, there are about 270 million wireless phone subscribers in the U.S. It's much more likely in today's world that a witness to a crime would reach for a cell phone rather than look for a phone booth.
But as the American Public Communications Council, a pay phone industry group, notes, low-income people and the homeless are most affected by the dwindling numbers of pay phones in public areas.
And pay phones can still be handy when a disaster like a hurricane disables cell towers. Public safety is among the reasons that some states enacted public interest laws a few years ago to preserve pay phones areas where phones companies planned to disconnect them.
According to the most recent FCC data, there are about 270 million wireless phone subscribers in the U.S. It's much more likely in today's world that a witness to a crime would reach for a cell phone rather than look for a phone booth.
But as the American Public Communications Council, a pay phone industry group, notes, low-income people and the homeless are most affected by the dwindling numbers of pay phones in public areas.
And pay phones can still be handy when a disaster like a hurricane disables cell towers. Public safety is among the reasons that some states enacted public interest laws a few years ago to preserve pay phones areas where phones companies planned to disconnect them.
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