Or for your youngsters - have you ever seen a working pay phone at all?

Just a random question I’m curious about.

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    5 months ago

    There are still a fair number in Japan. My hunch is that it also helps with disaster planning since cell towers will only have so many hours of battery/generator power. After hurricane Ike hit Houston, we lost cell service for a while, at least where I was, as the towers lost generator/battery and power. Those who had landlines could often still communicate (but it depended upon where, of course, since some phone lines were taken out as well).