January 09, 2003
Requiem for the Pay Phone
Requiem for the Pay Phone
In Washington, as in other parts of the country, pay phones are disappearing from the landscape. The number of them across the country has dwindled from a high of 2.7 million in the mid-1990s to about 1.9 million now, supplanted by the more personal wireless phones that fit in a pocket. The small companies that maintain them are pulling out of the business.
Posted by rshah at January 9, 2003 12:00 PM