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On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams ([personal profile] dewline) wrote2020-07-10 05:13 pm
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PHOTOS: The Indescribable Burden of Payphones

From 2009.

I still say we need them in public places. No matter what Bell's balance sheets seem to say to them.

The Indescribable Burden of Payphones
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[personal profile] sabotabby 2020-07-10 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I love them, just as elements of the urban landscape. And some people still need them!
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[personal profile] lyrical_heart 2020-07-11 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Payphones are becoming extinct nowadays with cells and the like?
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2020-07-11 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yes!

It tends to be the least well off and least well connected who still need them.

And our red boxes are iconic!
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[personal profile] thewayne 2020-07-11 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately they are disappearing at a rapid pace.

I used to purchase the hacker magazine 2600 regularly, and they devoted the inside back cover to photos of pay phones around the world. I looked around for them while in Europe to contribute, but didn't have much luck - it also wasn't my primary focus.
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