Rimmer Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Pattaya set for Phone Booth upgrades PATTAYA:--A decline in the use of Phone Booths around Pattaya has led a leadingTelecommunications company to rethink the use of the booths which couldbecome mini multimedia centers in the future. On Thursday afternoon we spoke with Khun Jirasak, the Manager of theTOT Office in Central Pattaya who acknowledges the poor state of nearly800 Booths operated by them in the Pattaya area. He revealed that thedecline in their use continues as mobile phones become cheaper to buyand use. Many of the booths around Pattaya are in a poor state of repair andrubbish is often left near booths and sometimes is not collected byrefuse collectors for many weeks. Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/75899/pattaya-set-phone-booth-upgrades/ -- Pattaya One 2013-02-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 TOT have revealed that each booth generates an average income of 700 Baht per month I'm surprised anyone still use phone booths. Who doesn't have some sort of a mobile phone these days, or at least a friend who can lend them one? Converting them to media centers is of course an option, but aren't there already plenty internet shops that fill this need? The phone booths are usually taking up valuable space on the sidewalk that could be used to sell more junk to tourists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Give the sidewalks back to pedestrians... May be City Hall should think about getting ride of all the obstacles from the side walk like Phone Booths, Utility Poles, Utility Boxes, Street Vender's, etc so one can walk 50 yards with out having to walk in the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Make them a little bigger, put a pay to enter timed lock on them, blacken out the windows, install bed, have vending machine for clean disposable paper "linen" and other essentials etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Turn them into multi-media centers????????? Isn't that what a modern cell phone is? These relics need to be bulldozed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newermonkey Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) Turn them into Teleportation units, if Thai scientists/engineers don’t know how to do that then the other option is to make them into shower cubicles for street people. Of course they could scrap them, but that would be showing far too much logic. http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/teleportation.htm (I have a phone booth directly opposite my house and in the 4 years I have been here, I have only seen some teenagers try to break into the coin box, I have never seen anyone use the phone NOT ONCE) Edited February 22, 2013 by newermonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Make them a little bigger, put a pay to enter timed lock on them, blacken out the windows, install bed, have vending machine for clean disposable paper "linen" and other essentials etc etc You mean You do not have to carry a coat to use as curtains and do it standing up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattler Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Great I hope they attach a proper urinal on the inside?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 It is time for them to go. They are mostly in the way of people walking, and I am very surprised that they average 700 baht a month. A product of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Make them a little bigger, put a pay to enter timed lock on them, blacken out the windows, install bed, have vending machine for clean disposable paper "linen" and other essentials etc etc Are you talking about a 'short-time' encounter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Give the sidewalks back to pedestrians... May be City Hall should think about getting ride of all the obstacles from the side walk like Phone Booths, Utility Poles, Utility Boxes, Street Vender's, etc so one can walk 50 yards with out having to walk in the road. I agree in toto, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Pattaya set for Phone Booth upgrades Almost as stupid as having pedestrian crossing lights that don't work on weekends when the tourists come to Pattaya.....Amazing Thailand...indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakename Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Most countries are taking phone booths out, since everyone has a cell phone now. If some phone booths are still needed, then why do they have to block the sidewalk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie888888 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Phone both upgrade, my ass. More like a money making scheme for some crony. Like those silly dolphin lights that has managed to make North Pattaya Road darker at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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