Pay Phones of the Future

[KorkyBoutck]

http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/public_smart_phones_BadgbBQ9KB9wSimdMTF3rJ

[rbcp]

Neat, futuristic internet terminals, just like airports have had for the past 10 years!  And at the same bargain basement prices of $1.00 for 4 minutes!  Things are looking more and more like Back to the Future 2 every day!

[ravenmaddox]

I once called Mattel and demanded to know why they stopped production of the hoverboard. A nice lady tried to tell me that it was only a movie stunt and that I should ask the studio how it was done. I told her that she was wrong and that my uncle Bob Zemeckis had given me one as a gift, but now it was broken and I needed it serviced. She remained unhelpful.

[Eloquence]

Thats neat but can you Redbox it?

[Mister Skin]

Where I'm at, payphones are not only alive and well, they are constantly used and there are sometimes 6 at one particular intersection. Out of those 6 or so, only one has been murdered (someone just beat the fuck out of the receiver and left it with 2 wires coming out, next to a dented Busch beer can)

I would estimate there are at least 50 payphones along the main drag. I am going to start taking pictures of them for my lame ass Flickr page pretty soon. When I found an empty payphone shell one week, there was a new phone in it the next. Local calls are only 25 cents, and I see people on them all the time. I'm not sure if they are COCOTs or AT&T, but they are here and not going anywhere for a long time, in the city of Cicero, IL...