With cell phones taking over the world, how long until we see the extinction of the old-fashioned pay phone? Maybe 5-10 years?

I hightly doubt ever. They're still a very popular method of communication and extremely useful if you don't have a cellphone.

game, set, match.

Your a cheat kikalot...

I agree with burnside on this one...

I agree as well

There will be pay phones for many years to come, cell phones will eventually replaced by another form of portable communication and some people will never purchase portable communication devices like a cell phone!

Plus after watching the day after tommorow you'll see we need them to survive....

LOL! It does seem that true and tried technology can be far more reliable than all these new modern devices even though they are so cool!

Plus we do need places to make prank calls from that cant be traced back to us

Ah yes, who could forget that good point, without them thousands upon thousands of prank callers would be caught and punished for their actions!

cell phones, pay phones are a pain in the butt lol... you gotta find them, and if u need to call a buddy or someone instantly u gotta pull of to the road... cell phones for sure!!!! even though they can be distracting!

who cares, payphones arent a big part of my life. my cellphone doesnt even work in my dorm room and i really dont care, its nice actually, when i want to talk to somebody i go outside

Its against the law to drive and use a mobile at the same time.

Here in the UK pay phones are on a different network to landlines. So if there was a terrorist attack say on the BT tower in London for example, all our landlines would go down but our pay phones would still work. So in that example pay phones are still very useful. Also if your cell runs out of juice and you need to make a call...basically what bs said.

not here, unfortunately.


anyway, if we got rid of payphones and their booths, where would superman change?????

Here in Canada,it will also be illegal to drive and use a cell phone at the same time.This will happen soon.In order to use a cell phone in a car,the car must be parked in a parking lot or on the side of the road.With the car turned off.