The End of the Pay Phone?

[Johnboy60]

AT&T plans to end its pay phone business: will you be able to phone home?

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- AT&T Inc. will exit the rapidly shrinking pay phone business by the end of next year, before it becomes unprofitable, the company said Monday.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/story?id=3945986

 

[MichaelFJF]

They've been nothing but graffiti canvases for years.

 

[flicka]

But....where will Superman change?

 

[nightflight]

Great, now I'll probably have to get a cell phone. Just hope I don't become one of the millions of morons who insist on talking on them while they drive.

 

[BlackAndy]

I cant recall the last time I saw a payphone...

 

[craigerNY]

I cant recall the last time I saw a payphone...

I know they just kind of faded away without a fight, without notice. Here today, gone tomorrow. Man I'm getting..I'm uh.....getting......uh...I'm getting..never mind

 

[Nienor]

But....where will Superman change?

That's what I always wonder!!

Every time I see one I feel safe again knowing that he can switch identities in secrecy...

 

[mrpiddly]

That's what I always wonder!!

Every time I see one I feel safe again knowing that he can switch identities in secrecy...

in today's "PC" society, superman would probably be charged as a sex offender for changing in phone-booths.

 

[Ave Maria]

in today's "PC" society, superman would probably be charged as a sex offender for changing in phone-booths.

Superman should change in porta-potties instead!

 

[Nienor]

Superman should change in porta-potties instead!

lol, there's enough of those in my neighborhood right now that he could do that. I don't know why there are so many...I guess everyone's doing construction

 

[Ave Maria]

lol, there's enough of those in my neighborhood right now that he could do that. I don't know why there are so many...I guess everyone's doing construction

That sounds like the most logical explanation to me.

 

[ulu]

Great-be forced to borrow somebody's cell and pay over a buck a minute to call home from overseas.

 

[horuhe00]

It's like pagers.