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What happened to all the telephone booths? They have become so rare.?

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  • 4 years ago

    Vandalism has forced the phone companies to consider then an economic loss and unfeasible in today's world where most have cell phones. They became a bad investment, but for those few who do not have cell phones the lack of commonly available pay phones can be a problem.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Here in India there are present at so many areas.

  • 4 years ago

    Same as outhouses. Obsolete.

  • Well if you did see one would you use it? Probably not so does it matter that you don't see them any more?

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  • wgaff
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    I still see them in restaurants from time to time, but yeah, they are virtually extinct now.

  • .
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    I still see some. I guess they think most people have cellphones nowadays.

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