By 2003, BellSouth's payphone operation was discontinued because it had become too unprofitable, most likely due to the increased availability of cell phones.
到2003年，南方贝尔的付费电话运营被停止，因为它已经变得很难盈利了，而这最有可能是因为移动电话覆盖面越来越广所造成的。