Pay Phones Still Exist, but Dwindling

Of Windstream's 10,000 employees in 29 states, including Kentucky, the telephone provider has just two focused on pay phones. Even that number might surprise some, though, as the phones and their 50-cent calling rates have virtually fallen off the landscape because of the prevalence of cellphones. In all of Lexington, the company has just 327 pay phones, down almost 50 percent from five years ago, said Barry Bishop, regional vice president of operations.