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Cellphones Sound Last Call for British Icon

Famous red booths disappear from English streets

By Laila Weir,  Newser User

Posted Mar 24, 2008 12:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – Britain’s iconic red phone booths are going extinct in a country where cellphones outnumber people, USA Today reports. British Telecom is shrinking the overall number of pay phones and replacing the red booths with modern ones that double as wireless hotspots. With just 12,...   Read full story »

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