Technology – Public Phone Boxes in the UK
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The money BT makes from public telephones has decreased
since 1999.
After the invention of the telephone, it took only
for the first phone box to appear.
At first, public call offices were placed in
, with only a curtain separating their users from the customers.
The phone box was initially referred to as a “public
”.
When they finally appeared on the streets, they were housed in
kiosks.
Giles Gilbert Scott wanted his phone box to become part of the British
, like the post box.
He intended phone boxes to be painted
, but pillar box red was chosen instead.
Between the mid-80s and the end of the 90s the number of telephone kiosks actually
.
Since August, BT has already put up
internet kiosks.
Collectors buy traditional British phone boxes for
each.
