2007-12-05 15:52:25 · 10 answers · asked by 2nd Commander 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I was on vacation in Miami, Florida. I noticed that my phone didn't get service there. I saw a local police and asked if he knew where a pay phone was. Luckily he was able to show me one.
I know they are dying; Because of that incident, I still think pay phones are very useful. I think perhaps it just cost too much to maintain?
2007-12-05 17:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Man I don't want all the pay phones to die out! I mean I have a cell, but there have been a few times when I left my phone home or the battery was dead and I ended up needing and using a pay phone. I mean they are great to have around if you need one. I hope pay phones will always be around!
2007-12-06 00:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by Prof. Dave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pay phones shouldn't be eliminated entirely. Last week I had to use a pay phone and it would have been embarrassing to ask someone if I could use their cell phone. There are times when it's good to have an available pay phone.
2007-12-05 23:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well as one that found out that I needed to have a cell phone when my car broke down and have one now and will use it rather than go to a pay phone which is unnessary now for me. So the Cell Phones have taken over.
2007-12-06 00:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by oldestme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It kind of sucks and at the same time it doesn't matter. If you really need a pay phone and your cell is broken or dead, then you may just be SOL. Borrow a phone from a stranger. That is, if they do not mind you using their anytime minutes =)
2007-12-06 00:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I always felt kind of unsafe having to use them and I hated when you'd have to make a long-distance call and needed to keep putting all of this change in them, but it's kind of sad to see them go. I'm sure we'll see one in the Smithsonian Institute a couple of decades from now. Cell phones have made them obsolete, I guess. It's to be expected as technology advances that some things are not going to be needed anymore.
2007-12-05 23:58:06 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, they dont even have pay phones where you'd need them the worst, like in the middle of the desert, or on a long abondoned road with no houses, in places your cell phone dont get signal, but they do have them in front of stores and on a main road, so really whats the point of having them anyway?
2007-12-06 01:04:15 · answer #7 · answered by princessandrea82 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most are tore up anyway by these hoodlum dirt-bags. It's the end of an era like several other things I've seen end. Sad, but a fact of life.
2007-12-06 09:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by Brad M 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's the only way telephone and cell phone company's will control the telecommunication's market.
2007-12-05 23:57:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
may they rest in peace.
2007-12-06 02:43:14 · answer #10 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋