AT&T To Decommission Pay Phones 470
oahazmatt writes "According to MarketWatch, AT&T said that its pay phones will be phased out over the next year. A company spokeswoman declined to say how much revenue its pay-phone business generated, but the number is small and declining. 'The first public pay-telephone station was set up in 1878, just two years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the talking device. The first coin-operated pay phone was installed in Hartford, Conn., in 1889. For decades after the pay phone's invention, many Americans relied on them because of the expense and difficulty in obtaining reliable home service. Only after World War II did the telephone become a household necessity.'"
Just great! (Score:5, Funny)
Took them long enough. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bound to happen (Score:3, Funny)
I hope BT doesn't follow suit (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hang on... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bound to happen (Score:5, Funny)
I'm reminded of my mother's dad, who still used the outhouse even after my Uncle installed plumbing and a bathroom. "I lived [n] years without [plumbing/cell phones] and I don't need one now!
I can just see when I hit 90. "Damn it, I lived 90 years without a matter replicator or a transporter and I don't need one now!"
-mcgrew
Re:I hope BT doesn't follow suit (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just putting in my 2 cents worth (Score:5, Funny)
As goes AT&T so goes the world... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No longer required.. (Score:1, Funny)
Just think: someday you Fins will invent KNOCKING. nom nom nom
Re:Just great! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just putting in my 2 cents worth (Score:2, Funny)
Re:turning over to independent operators, that is. (Score:4, Funny)
This. Is. Slashdot!
They said pay phones, not the booths (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Just great! (Score:3, Funny)
Nine ways to handwave lack of cell phones (Score:4, Funny)
two words... (Score:4, Funny)