The last public phone that worked with a phone card in New York City stood upright until Friday on 7th Avenue. As people talked engrossed on their cell phones, they passed it by since no one uses public phones that work with telecards anymore.
[/P]The era of the '90s when these phones were installed and everyone used them with telecards to communicate is finally over. The digital age has won.
At 6,000 locations
The beginning of the demolition of all phones for the public, which are not a few on the streets of New York City as there are more than 6,000 of them, took place in 2016 and was completed with the "demolition" of the last phone.
Wherever there was such a phone booth installed, its place will be taken by a LinkNYC station, i.e. state-of-the-art digital billboards offering ultra-high-speed WiFi for all. In fact, the aim is that soon these billboards will also provide a 5G network.
However, the end of this romantic era where you stood in line, in the rain and in the cold and waited for the person in front of you to finish the call so you could make the call, will not go to waste.
The last phone booth that worked with a phone card will be moved to the Museum of the City of New York and become part of an exhibit about what the metropolis was like before the advent of computers.
Source: in.gr
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