PAYPHONES – US
January 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
PAY telephones are proving to be unprofitable for US companies and are being removed at a dramatic rate from the country's malls, restaurants and street corners. The number has dwindled from a high of 2.7 million in the mid-1990s to about 1.9 million, today, according to the American Public Communications Council. The ubiquitous mobile phone is the main culprit. Robert Hayden of US Teleservices, in Virginia, told the Washington Post that after the US$25 to US$35 monthly line charge, many of his pay telephones often lose US$20 a month and says he ...
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