Maine towns queue up for access to public telephones

Welcome to the 21st century. Access to public telephones must now be litigated and passed through political channels:

“We knew that, for a state like Maine, pay phones are not just a relic of small-town Maine, but a necessity of life, part of the landscape,” [Rep. Herb Adams, D-Portland] said.
“They’re there for that emergency you hope you never have.”

Credit goes to the Maine Legislature and the Maine Public Utilities Commission for helping make telephone access available in areas whose access to communications might otherwise be that of the mid 19th century.
Read more at the Kennebec Journal