The payphone has been removed at this rest area (probably in Indiana). It begs the question: How many payphones are left in the U.S.? “According to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, roughly 100,000 pay phones remain in the U.S. – down from 2 million in 1999.” This was a number reported
» five years ago by NBC4i in Columbus, Ohio, and also
» two years ago by washingtoninformer.com.
Apparently, approximately one-fifth of the remaining payphones are located in New York (state). More about payphones —
» money.cnn.com and
» Wikipedia — have fun!
Note. Yes, I realize this is tagged with “payphone” because the “subject” of the post is “payphone” … even though there is no payphone in the photo, as there are in all 365 posts tagged with ‘payphone’. ;)
Note. Skipping six days of posts, during which time I shot all of five frames. Some time ago I told myself I wasn’t going to be a slave to posting here every day and that means maintaining some standard. This day I am trying to follow through on that and not “fill” with lame shots (like jigsaw puzzles). I hope you find this post interesting rather than lame.
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