THEY USED TO be the only way to keep in contact when out and about.

When call cards were invented, we thought the future had arrived.

That was all before mobile phones, however.

Some pay phones still exist, although they are few and far between.

So today we ask: Do you still use public pay phones?

Poll Results:

Only if I had to (2800)

No (1617)

I would if there were more of them about (712)

Yes (74)

Yes
No
Only if I had to
I would if there were more of them about

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Poll: Do you still use public pay phones?

Poll Results:

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