From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Moe Trin  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 06 Apr 2016, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, in article   
   > , Charles Bishop wrote:   
   >   
   > >Moe Trin  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Wonder if that something to do with the legal system not wanting cell   
   > >> phones in the building, rather than the age of the building.   
   >   
   > >Probably not as cell phones are allowed.   
   >   
   > Last time I was on jury duty, the bailiff made a bit of noise about   
   > call phones - obviously off in the court-room, but also in the rest of   
   > the complex.   
      
   Off in the courtroom, and unused. Ok in the hallways, maybe unless you   
   were close to a courtroom door, even if it was closed.   
   >   
   > >I think it's a combination of tradition and the expense of removing them.   
   >   
   > For a phone company, they were an expense to maintain.   The cost of   
   > collecting the coins (armored car service, etc), and auditing would   
   > out-weigh any profit now.   The idea of abandoning the phones/kiosks   
   > would not set well with the property/building owner, I'm sure   
      
   I think, but am unsure, that some (many?) coil phones are owned by   
   private parties, and they collect the money.   
      
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   charles   
      
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