Please see below all the information we have received, along with details of how to make your comments known to BT:
Proposal:
Payphone
kiosk removal
At: Payphone Kiosk Opposite Post Office, Stockton Road, Castle Eden
For: British Telecommunications PLC
Over the past seven years there has
been a decline of 93% in payphone usage as a result of significant changes in
communication in the UK, 94% of adults now own or have regular access to a
mobile phone and 85% of all adults in the UK have access to a landline and 96%
of those who don’t, have a fixed line do have a mobile.
As part of BT’s Universal Service
Obligation it is required to provide adequate coverage of payphones within the
area, however BT constantly needs to review payphone usage and on occasions
look to re-align public payphone provision more closely to the reducing demand
that still exists.
It has been identified that a BT
payphone in your area is no longer required and therefore could be removed. BT
has asked Durham Council County to collate any comments regarding the matter
and to relay these back to BT for consideration.
Details of the phone box in question
are detailed below:
Telephone
Number: 01429836211
Address: Opposite Post Office, Stockton Road, Castle Eden
Number of calls in last 12 Months:
4
BT offers to Parish Councils and
registered charities the facility to adopt a kiosk, taking ownership of the
kiosk for just £1 thereby protecting the heritage of the community.
