“Over the years, pay phones have attempted to change with the times, often with mixed results. Technology enthusiasts are constantly writing them off, yet there remains a need for public pay phones, as demonstrated during the blackout that paralyzed much of the Northeast in July 2003.”
The need for working payphones was particularly acute because the majority of payphones in New York did not work during the blackout.
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These charmers are a recent discovery for me.
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