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>I think these would have extremely limited value to most people. Quite recently in Australia, every single phone booth in the country was made free to use. W
by AussieWog93 4y ago
>I think these would have extremely limited value to most people.
Quite recently in Australia, every single phone booth in the country was made free to use.
When asked why this was the case, the spokesperson for Telstra (the company that owned them) explained that one of the major users of phone booths were people escaping from domestic violence situations. Apparently it was very common for abusive partners to control phone access (and access to cash, too, hence why they made the network free).
Point is, don't underestimate the importance of obsolete services!
- jessaustin 4y agoSeems to indicate that Telstra is better than every single American phone company?
- AussieWog93 4y agoBased on what I've heard from the people who work there, not at all. :P But even cold hard capitalism explains this one. The good optics that come from helping victims of domestic violence would far, far outweigh the negligible income they get from the booths themselves.