Rural phone boxes face decommissioning as digital shift continues - Lincolnshire Today

Rural phone boxes face decommissioning as digital shift continues - Lincolnshire Today

BT is moving to decommission underused public phone boxes in rural North Lincolnshire, citing minimal usage and growing mobile penetration. Planning documents reveal that phone boxes in Kirton in Lindsey and Barrow registered just 15 calls combined over a year. This forms part of a national downsizing effort, as public call volumes have plummeted by 90% over the past decade. The UK’s phone box network has shrunk by 30% in two years, now standing…