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Bye bye pay phones
« on: December 04, 2007, 07:44:36 AM »
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/03/at...hones/index.php

Inevitable, in this age of cell phones, I suppose.
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Bye bye pay phones
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2007, 08:19:40 AM »
Saw that on the news last night...    How ya gonna call someone if you lose your cellphone??? huh.gif
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Bye bye pay phones
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2007, 09:35:46 AM »
Borrow someone else's? tongue.gif
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Bye bye pay phones
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2007, 12:12:54 PM »
QUOTE(Paddy @ Dec 4 2007, 09:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Borrow someone else's? tongue.gif


Great minds....
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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Bye bye pay phones
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2007, 03:53:33 AM »
The phone system will be auctioned off or sold to subcontractors. The price will rise but there will still be pay phones in lucrative places. hi.gif

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Bye bye pay phones
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2007, 09:18:48 AM »
Paddy,
nice riposte, that what I call quick on the draw.
George