Why doesn’t China have the coin-operated phone booths that are everywhere in the United States? There are two reasons for this.

First, the coverage rate of mobile phone base stations in the United States is relatively low compared to China, which makes the phone booths that appeared in the last century continue to work until now.

There are now more than 5 million 4G base stations in the world, of which China accounts for more than 3 million, and the United States has about 300,000. The number of 4G base stations in China is 10 times that of the United States.

Given that China’s population is five times that of the United States, China’s per capita number of 4G base stations is twice that of the United States. This is one of the few modern infrastructures that exceeds that of the United States in both total volume and per capita.

Anyone who has traveled to the United States will lament that the mobile phone coverage in the United States is not high. There is often no signal on the highway, and there is even no signal in Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon. Therefore, coin-operated telephones have become an indispensable supplement to telecommunications.

As a world-famous infrastructure maniac, China has been building base stations frantically in recent years, and its telecommunications coverage rate is far ahead among the world's major countries. Nowadays, tariffs are constantly falling, and vendors use WeChat and Alipay to collect their bills, and even those who wander around begging for food will have their mobile phones on them. Therefore, the role of phone booths is no longer necessary.

The second issue is the quality of people. There are still some phone booths in some places, but they are not coin-operated.

The coin-operated test is nothing more than the quality, thickness and shape of the coin, which is easy to fake. In the past, it was repeatedly found that people used counterfeit coins to get through on buses that can accept coins.

Some people also invented a crooked trick for coin-operated phone booths. They punched a hole in the coin and tied it with a string, put it in and then pulled it out after making a call.

These two have strong reasons for this. It reflects the characteristics of China's development, that is, our industrial informatization is very fast, our infrastructure construction is at the forefront of the world, and our development achievements are eye-catching and worthy of our pride.

However, the general moral level of our citizens has not improved at this pace. There are still a considerable proportion of people with low moral standards and poor quality. They have affected the entire social atmosphere and improved social life. cost.

It is easy to carry out production and construction, but it is difficult to transform the ideological realm.

It’s not that China doesn’t have it, it’s that it has been eliminated.

As early as the 1990s, coin-operated phone booths were everywhere across the country. However, due to some technical shortcomings and serious theft damage, around 2000, they began to be replaced by IC cards. telephone booth. Later, around 0506, mobile phones began to become more popular, and some newsstands and convenience stores also had payphones. Unmanned phone booths lost their meaning of existence and gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

Nowadays, unmanned phone booths are rarely seen on the streets of cities, but in some schools, hospitals and units, there are still a certain number of wall-mounted IC card phones.

I'm Sasha, let me answer.

Don’t you understand? Without a phone booth, where would Superman change his clothes?

Haha, stop talking nonsense and be serious.

In fact, coin-operated phone booths that can be seen everywhere in American TV series are a thing of the past.

There were indeed many phone booths in the United States in the past, but after the popularization of mobile phones in China, there were very few phone booths.

Why did the United States have so many phone booths even though mobile phones were widely used in the past? The reasons are probably as follows:

First, the vast land and sparsely populated areas lead to problems with communication signal coverage. .

There is no national communications provider in the United States, and all communications equipment is tendered from private companies.

Therefore, in many places in the United States, such as parks, mountainous areas, suburban areas, etc., the mobile phone signal is very poor or even no signal at all.

Why? American local governments dare not spend money casually.

Currently, China has built about 5 million signal base stations, while the United States only has about 200,000! !

Precisely because there is almost no signal in some places, there are often public phones in parks, mountain hubs, gas stations, convenience stores, and motels.

Second, targeting the poor

In the past, even big cities in the United States, such as New York and San Francisco, had many poor people, such as homeless people.

Although these people have basic living security, they usually have no money or are unwilling to pay for mobile phones for a long time.

In fact, they rarely need to call.

These phone booths are prepared for these poor people. After all, they occasionally have to contact family members or contact employers to try to find a job.

However, this is also a thing of the past. Most major cities in the United States now have universal wireless coverage.

For example, New York has demolished a large number of pay phone booths since 2014 and replaced them with free public WiFi signal stations to provide users with 24-hour uninterrupted high-speed Internet services.

Third, for unexpected situations or the elderly

Even among elderly people in the United States, not everyone takes their mobile phone with them when going out, and some very elderly people do not even carry it with them. Can use mobile phone.

These phone booths are also used occasionally by the elderly.

At the same time, sometimes in the event of robbery or theft, the most vulnerable thing for victims to be robbed is their mobile phone.

Then, the victim also needs to call the police at the same phone booth.

This is what it does.

Basically these are the reasons.

More than ten years ago, phone booths were everywhere in China. I have used the coin-operated ones with card inserts. Later, as mobile phones became more popular, almost everyone in the country had a mobile phone, and phone booths were gradually eliminated.

As for why they still have so many phone booths in the United States, is it because they are nostalgic? Do they not have mobile phones? No, the biggest reason is their mobile phone signal coverage problem. In the United States, communication operators are all private and market-oriented. Signal towers are basically erected in areas with dense population and high profits. They are almost non-existent in remote places - they are built in remote areas with few people. Signal towers have to lose money, and no businessman will do it if he loses money. Just ask anyone who has been to the United States. The experience of using mobile phones in the United States is far different from that in China. There are too many mobile phone signal blind spots in the United States. Therefore, in the United States, the market for phone booths is still huge. This is not because they are nostalgic, nor is it because they do not have mobile phones, but because they have no signal!

Comparing the number of base stations shows the huge difference in mobile phone signal coverage between the two countries. The United States and China have similar land areas, but the number of base stations in the United States is only more than 200,000, while that in China is more than 6 million. In China, communication operators are all state-owned, and the state has rigidly stipulated signal coverage tasks. Even in remote villages, signal towers must be erected, even at a loss. It is precisely because of the ultra-high coverage rate that leads the world in mobile phone signals that the convenience of mobile phones has been maximized in China. Not only are mobile calls extremely convenient, but also in many areas related to mobile networks, China has been able to develop first and be the first to arrive - for example, we have skipped the stage of popularization of credit cards and directly entered the era of mobile payment. If the laying of the signal network cannot keep up, there will be no signal in another neighborhood. These cannot be achieved so easily.

In China today, it can be said that "if I have a phone in my hand, I have the world". Mobile phones can do almost anything. There are countless cool things that have been eliminated because of mobile phones. The troublesome operation of a phone booth will be eliminated. Elimination is out of the question.

The telephone booths in the United States are a product of the public telephone era, and the same is true in Europe. They are one of the manifestations of their advanced society at that time. The reason why China does not have them is because It's because China's economic takeoff has caught up with the mobile phone era, so it skipped this step.

I remember when I first came to the United States, I would bring coins with me so that I could make a phone call in case of emergency.

Back then, on the street, I would often meet people who asked for money because they made phone calls because they didn’t have any change. But now, all these things no longer exist because mobile phones have become more popular. Even people living on the streets have mobile phones. I haven’t used them in twenty years. I used a public phone, but my son never used it.

The number of public telephones in the United States has also gradually decreased, and many phone booths on the streets have been dismantled. Because after the popularity of mobile phones, the usage rate of phone booths is too low, and they have to spend money to repair, so it is better to dismantle them. Especially in new areas, there are no phone booths at all, just a public phone on a wall or street corner.

Telephone booths are common in American TV dramas because they want to restore previous scenes.

The wireless signal coverage rate in the United States is indeed not as good as that in China. One of the reasons is that many places are vast and sparsely populated, with a few people living here and there. How can it be possible to invest huge sums of money in them? Although China is also rural and rural, its population density is high, so coverage is of course necessary. There is no comparison in this regard, so I have not heard American farmers complain about poor mobile phone signals. Most of the people who say that the mobile phone signal in the United States is not good are Chinese tourists who come to the United States. This group of people is not the target of American telecommunications companies.

Friends who like to watch American TV series may have noticed this detail. Coin-operated phone booths seem to be everywhere in the United States, but they are rare in China. The emergence of public phones has greatly facilitated people's lives. There are actually public phones and IC card phone booths in China, which I believe many people will be familiar with.

So the question is, why are there IC card phones instead of coin-operated phone booths in China?

First of all, public phone booths became popular in China in the mid-to-late 1990s. IC cards were more convenient than carrying coins. Secondly, coin-operated phones can only recognize 1 yuan coins and cannot give change. , which will increase usage costs relative to users.

Another reason is that China has a large population, and there are always some idle, lazy people who make bad decisions. In order to avoid money losses, it is safer to use IC cards. In the United States, coins are widely used. Coins are almost always used when making change when going shopping, and Americans are accustomed to using them.

With the development of technology, almost everyone today has at least one mobile phone, which is very convenient. There are fewer and fewer public phone booths on the streets. This is a major sign of the development of the times.

The coin-operated phone booths that we often see in American TV dramas are becoming less and less popular in the United States. However, due to the needs of certain plots, the appearance rate of coin-operated phone booths is still very high.

We often see such scenes. When we don’t want others to trace the caller’s information, public phones play a role. I believe that in the near future, public phones will only appear in special circumstances.

Why do we need phone booths when we have mobile phones? What? You ask me, do Americans lack mobile phones? Of course Americans do not lack mobile phones, but they lack mobile phone signals. China's communication infrastructure is three blocks behind the United States. The United States has a land area similar to China, but China has 30 times as many communication towers as the United States. Do you think it’s dramatization in American movies where the mobile phone has no signal at all times? That's true. It is easy to lose signals in slightly remote places in the United States. The fundamental reason is the nature of the companies. China's three major telecommunications companies are state-controlled, and profit is not the most fundamental purpose. Therefore, no matter what remote areas, communication infrastructure must be built according to national needs. American Communications Corporation They are all private companies, and they don’t need to be bodhisattvas, do you understand what I mean?

Seeing such questions, I have to sigh that you are too young and we are already old.

The development of communications in our country is limited by infrastructure. The development was very slow at the beginning. In the 1990s, it cost 4,000 to 5,000 yuan to install a phone (not even enough for a year’s income). , and there are talents in the telecommunications bureau who can install it, so those who have phones are either rich or expensive; later in the telecommunications reform, it was split into China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Railcom, etc., and efforts were made to build more wires and install more communication baselines , telephones began to become popular, and BB machines, mobile phones, and wireless mobile phones also appeared.

With the increase in population outflow, more and more people from rural areas are going to work in other places, and people’s demand for communication is increasing. Wireless communication is very expensive, and there are charges for both outgoing and receiving calls (two-way charges) , mobile phones are expensive, and the cost is expensive, so "public telephones" appeared in small shops on the streets, and "talk bars" appeared on the streets; of course, there were also "coin-operated phones".

There are more and more types of wireless phones (mobile phones), but they are not cheap. Fixed phone installations are also becoming more and more popular. People with a little financial ability wear HanXian BB phones on their waists. Answering the phone is an urgent need, so there are more and more public phone booths in the streets and alleys. Many people contract a "phone booth" and sell some newspapers. In a good location, people make a fortune from this.

Coin-operated phones increased in number and competed with phone booths. Phone bars generally appeared around schools. The price of mobile phones continued to fall. BB phones were gradually phased out and became "Little Smart Phones"; almost all TV manufacturers They are all making mobile phones, the coin-operated phones have turned into IC card phones, and the public phone booths have turned into selling newspapers, magazines, phone cards, and IC cards. At this point, the coin-operated phones have come to an end.

Coin-operated phones require continuous coin input to make continuous calls, while ICs are used as much as you need. A card can be 20 yuan, or 25 yuan, 30 yuan, or 50 yuan. It is easy to save. , easy to use.

High-end mobile phones have become available and have become real communication tools. Mobile phone cards have changed from 1G to 2G, then to 2G, and now it is 5G. Landline phones have almost been eliminated, and public phones and public telephones have become ***Telephone booths and IC card phones have been eliminated.

Generally speaking, coin-operated phones and IC card phones are not used for a long time.

I have also been rich. The Motorola BB camera at that time was too expensive, costing more than 2,000 yuan. I bought a Chinese display BB camera that I can’t remember the brand, and it cost 1,200 yuan. The number was 13618,200. Yuan specifically bought the lucky number, but now that I think about it, it’s just a dumpling.

I estimate that every home has a lot of mobile phones from different periods.

December 27, 2021 17.22

There is only one answer:

Because the great and hardworking Chinese nation has risen! ! !

The person who asked this question should be born in the 00s, or at least the 90s.

Regarding this, I interviewed Xiaodong (born in the 1990s) who was sitting next to me. Xiaodong was born in 1991, and his hometown is in a small county in the northwest. When he was a child, there was only one TV set in the village, which was placed in the brigade activity room. At night, the whole village went to the brigade to watch TV. If a movie is shown in any village, children and adults from all over the surrounding villages will rush to watch it. Although only a few came and went: "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", "Lu Binghua"...

When Xiaodong was in elementary school, With their hard work, Xiaodong's parents settled in the town and bought a BB player that was very fashionable at the time (children today don't even know what it is). At that time, there were many IC card landline phones in the city. It could be said that there would be one every few dozen meters on the street. There are also many people on the street who make a living by reselling IC cards.

But the town where Xiaodong and his parents live has only one card phone, which is located at the door of the government compound. It takes more than ten minutes to walk there! Xiaodong's parents contacted relatives and friends. After seeing the pager ringing, they walked to the government compound to make a call. What Xiaodong remembers most clearly is that one winter, in order to make a call to his grandparents in his hometown, a family of three stood by the phone booth for half an hour, waiting for the person in front to finish the call.

By the time Xiaodong was in junior high school, his parents had already used Nokia mobile phones. I remember that buying a mobile phone was still a very sensational thing at that time, so they all invited friends to dinner.

Now, Xiaodong himself is using the latest Huawei mate20 made in China. Thinking about those days again, he can't help but sigh.

Looking back on these short ten years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes! From the two bombs and one satellite back then to today's high-speed rails, airplanes, and Beidou satellites, they all demonstrate the hard work of the Chinese people!

The density of mobile phone base stations in the United States is not as good as that in China, and there is no signal in many places. I used to see British people not using their mobile phones in the subway. It was actually because their subway had no mobile phone signal! Now that the signal is available, everyone is playing with their mobile phones.

Of course, China still has many shortcomings, but there are also many places where it is already at the forefront of the world! We must face up to our country's shortcomings, but we must not belittle ourselves or be ashamed to admit our country's advantages.

I personally firmly believe that the Chinese people and the Chinese nation are a great nation and will definitely use their own hands, wisdom and labor to build the country better and better! Create a better future for future generations!

Coin-operated phone booths are the most common municipal service facilities in the wired telephone era, and our country has also built them in core cities.

my country’s wired telephones became popular very late, and it was only in the late 1980s that they began to be popularized in households (at that time, you had to pay an “initial installation fee” of about 1,000 yuan, which was equivalent to the total annual salary of two ordinary people at that time).

Coin-operated public telephone booths on the streets were built in core cities in the 1990s. However, due to the small number and poor maintenance, many were damaged, becoming the easiest example of the lack of public morality at that time. .

Due to the low investment in municipal facilities, this type of coin-operated public telephone booths are not as practical and popular as the payphones in street stores. Later, they even became popular in places with a large floating population. Let's develop a service that specifically provides long-distance calls.

Later, before more investment in the construction of municipal facilities was invested in public telephone booths, mobile phones began to gradually become popular in core cities, and public telephone booths quickly became obsolete.

Until more than ten years ago, the remaining public telephone booths in core cities were still trying to be transformed into public information inquiry booths.

With the rapid popularization of mobile phones and mobile Internet, these remaining phone booths have disappeared even for querying information on the Internet.

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In the West, the protection of public facilities is relatively good, and the reuse of public property is also very particular. For example, London is trying to use the density of its public telephone booths. Great features, turning public phone booths into free WIFI hotspots.

Our country’s public telephone booths were originally built at a very low density and poorly protected. Now most of them have been directly abandoned and cleared away as street garbage (in line with the demolition and construction of infrastructure). Madman style).

Therefore, you can’t see public telephone booths on our streets. This is caused by the pace of economic development. Others have completed large-scale construction, but we haven’t built much; others have begun to build large-scale buildings. During scale transformation and utilization, we have directly eliminated them.