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Payphones in Milford: Obsolete or Necessary?
Over 91% of Americans use cell phones. But what about the other 9%? Are payphones necessary for public safety or should those without mobile phones learn to fend for themselves?
Milford Patch user sent the following news tip to the Patch yesterday:
After all the fuss last year about public safety at , the pay phone is now gone. Do they think every idler at the beach has a cell phone?
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The final payphone at was also removed at the beginning of 2012. A call to Westfield Shoppingtown confirmed that they have no plans of replacing the payphone.
The Milford, CT section of the Payphone Project listed forty-four payphones in the city, many of which have since been disconnected.
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