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09-11-2009, 09:43 PM
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#26 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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haha payphones are useless now. And I hate it when I make a call with them and end up getting the answering machine.
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09-11-2009, 09:47 PM
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#27 | | Banned By Establishment
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All part of this trend.  http://www.economist.com/displayStor...ry_id=14214847
According to one much-cited calculation, the country’s last printed newspaper will land on a doorstep sometime in the first quarter of 2043. That is a positively healthy outlook, however, compared with another staple of American life: the home telephone. Telecoms operators are seeing customers abandon landlines at a rate of 700,000 per month. Some analysts now estimate that 25% of households in America rely entirely on mobile phones (or cellphones, as Americans call them)—a share that could double within the next three years. If the decline of the landline continues at its current rate, the last cord will be cut sometime in 2025.
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09-11-2009, 10:15 PM
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#28 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
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I still rely on home phone cause it's technically unlimited and if someone calls me from long distance it's free.
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09-11-2009, 11:22 PM
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#29 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Theres alot of payphones around still...
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09-12-2009, 08:39 AM
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#30 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by skyxx  I still rely on home phone cause it's technically unlimited and if someone calls me from long distance it's free. | i don't think it should cost anymore than it would cost you normally to accept incoming ld calls to your cellphone than it would cost you local calls
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09-12-2009, 10:06 AM
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#31 | | RS controls my life!
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payphones give you aids...
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09-12-2009, 10:07 AM
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#32 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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One good place for a pay phone that I would definitely have to use without a choice is Buntzen Lake.
So, yes. This is ridiculous!
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09-12-2009, 10:48 AM
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#33 | | Banned (ABWS)
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fucking canada line
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09-12-2009, 11:22 AM
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#34 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by dizzystar fucking canada line | Sorry, but youre not pandalove.
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09-12-2009, 05:20 PM
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#35 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by StylinRed i dont even see them in the malls anymore, which you would think should still have them
but i thought Telus handled all the payphones? | i thought so too, but when i was at metrotown today lining up at the cibc interac machine, i noticed that the row of pay phones outside was all labeled Bell.
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09-12-2009, 10:41 PM
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#36 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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cheeper to borrow a cellphone from someone
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09-13-2009, 12:19 AM
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#37 | | The Lone Wanderator
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I liked how it was in Asia; roughly 5c for 20 seconds. Much more logical.
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09-13-2009, 07:14 AM
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#38 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by GoateeMe cheeper to borrow a cellphone from someone | not everyone going to lend you fool
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