mostfoolhardy.org » telephonics http://mostfoolhardy.org That was a particularly bad idea. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 The Real Reason BT Phone Boxes are dying out. http://mostfoolhardy.org/2007/03/19/the-real-reason-bt-phone-boxes-are-dying-out/ http://mostfoolhardy.org/2007/03/19/the-real-reason-bt-phone-boxes-are-dying-out/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:56:44 +0000 Alex http://themak.org/2007/03/19/the-real-reason-bt-phone-boxes-are-dying-out/ I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the popularity of mobile phones.

It’s how insanely expensive it is to phone them. £1.40 to make a two calls, one that went to answerphone. And another that lasted barely a minute. In a world where communication is almost entirely ubiquitous, and for the most part cheap- Charging insane prices on payphones is a surefire way to kill them.

 Just to add weight to this absurdity: I’ve phoned a British mobile phone from a payphone whilst on holiday, and it lasted 5 minutes for barely 50p.

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