Abby Johnson describes how SBC/AT&T’s removal of unprofitable public phones in rural Nevada has created public safety concerns, stranding some with virtually no phone communications.
“The availability of a pay phone in each outpost community along the Loneliest Road is a matter of public safety and courtesy. It is what Nevada owes the tourists and travelers it is attracting to Nevada’s outback. Most city folk expect that their cell phones will work everywhere. Well, on Highway 50, it depends. And in many areas, even in towns, there is no coverage at all.”