Who You Gonna Call? New York City Disconnects Last Street Payphone

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It's the end of an era.

The final payphone was yanked from its home in Times Square -- West 49th Street and 7th Avenue -- in a public eviction.

"Just like we transitioned from the horse and buggy to the automobile and from the automobile to the airplane, the digital evolution has progressed from payphones to high-speed Wi-Fi kiosks to meet the demands of our rapidly changing daily communications needs," Commissioner Matthew Fraser said in a press release.

 

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I find this shocking and appalling, Superman

Understand what you're seeing: so now unless one subscribes to a (high priced) location- and identity-tracked phone service, you are cut off from the ability to communicate. Telecom company monopolies enjoy so many goodies from lawmakers one suspects its at their behest. byebye

Who's going to drop a dime now on the mafia 👀

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