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What Killed the Pay Phone?
It was more than mobile phones.
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It's not very clear from the article but it seems to me that the pay phone was killed by the government in the US to punish poor people and minorities. They alleged that pay phones were used in poor districts and were used for crimes.
Doesn't really explain why the pay phone is dying in other countries though.