December 10, 2002 --
The rise in popularity of cell phones and other wireless technologies has
led to the decline of payphones, including those at JSU.
BellSouth has informed JSU that all payphones on campus will be removed by
January 30, 2003. If you have any questions or
concerns about the pay phones please contact Evin Thompson, phone center
director, at ethompso@jsu.edu, or phone Ext. 5993.
The payphone industry has been in decline for many years, and this icon of
public communications is starting to disappear across the
country. Payphone providers say the nationwide decline has been so large
that many are no longer able to economically support all of the payphones
that are currently in service. BellSouth, one of the nation's largest
payphone providers, announced this year its intention to leave the payphone
industry entirely.
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