Location:
Frankfurt/Main, Hesse, Germany
Post Date:
Feb 1, 2023 9:00 AM
TAG ID:
dpaphotossix260068
(RM)
Credit:
Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom
Format:
6000 x 4000 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Frank Rumpenhorst
Keywords:
Telecommunications, Germany, Phone, Payphone, Phone booth, Telephone pillar
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
01 February 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: "Excuse me - Sorry, there's a problem at the moment" is written on a public pay phone in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt on Berger Straße. After coin payment was deactivated at the 12,000 remaining telephones nationwide in November 2022, the payment function using telephone cards was also discontinued from the end of January 2023, and with it the entire telecommunications service at the telephone pillars or booths. After 142 years, this marks the end of an era. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa