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Washington, D.C.: Payphones Without Representation

It looks like no one is responsible for maintaining public telephones in Washington, D.C.’s Metro. The Washington Examiner Reports on how communication breakdowns among the District, Verizon, and an un-named independent payphone provider leave the Metro with non-working payphones that may never  be repaired:

“Metro is supposed to have at least one working pay phone in every rail station. But the agency has not had any service provider for the pay phones since July, according to Metro, after negotiations with a company to take over from Verizon fell apart.”

It’s disappointing, but not surprising, when the needs of municipal bureaucracy trump public safety when it comes to public pay telephones and emergency communications.

Read more at the Washington Examiner.

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