Spokeo used data from the Federal Communications Commission to explore the fall of pay phones across the United States.

In fiscal 2011, pay phones on Shinkansen trains operated under JR East’s jurisdiction were used about 250 times a day. The number dropped to about 30 in fiscal 2019.

Pay phones are often mentioned in pop songs because they used to be indispensable to keeping people connected to their loved ones. In Kaguyahime's song "Abi Rodo no Machi" (Abby Road town), a man ...