In Australia a couple of years ago Telstra, which I believe is required by the government to provide public phones. They have discovered that it's cheaper to j

In Australia a couple of years ago Telstra, which I believe is required by the government to provide public phones. They have discovered that it's cheaper to just provide the phones free rather than have to continuously repair them after people try to jack the coin hopper or deal with support for refunding card payments when the payment succeeds but the call does not go through. https://exchange.telstra.com.au/why-were-making-payphones-free-for-calls-around-australia/ https://exchange.telstra.com.au/why-were-making-payphones-fr...