Empty and pointless

Empty telephone booths, Train Station, Vancouver, BC

The mobile telephone has almost become a necessity. And the poor lowly phone booth is paying the price. I saw the booths last Thursday at the Vancouver Train station near Main Street.

Empty Telus telephone booths, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Vancouver, BC

These booths, outside Mountain Equipment Co-op, were emptied a few years ago, and have since been removed altogether.

66% gutted phone booths, Granville SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, BC

And two of these three, at the Granville SkyTrain station, have been empty for years.

And why are all of the telephone booth being decommissioned? The only culprit that I can think of is the mobile telephone. They are cheap and ubiquitous, leading to the demise of the telephone booth. I wonder when the last one in Vancouver will be removed?