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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 09 > Who still uses pay phones?

Who still uses pay phones?

They’re harder to find, but the phones still have an audience

By Andrew Moore / The Bulletin
December 9, 2007

Last week, AT&T announced it is getting out of the pay phone business by the end of next year.

Call it the end of an era. Thanks to cell phones and other technologies, the number of pay phones in the United States has declined from roughly 2.6 million in 1998 to an estimated 1 million today,....

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