One of the Dorset telephone boxes was only used six times in the past year.
By Charlotte Andrews & Trevor BevinsThe company has asked for planning consent to remove two phone boxes in east Dorset.
One outside Memorial Hall in Ringwood Road, Verwood, was used six times in the past year and the other, at Dales Drive, Colehill, was used 29 times.to protect rural phone boxes, but the company said mobile signals in both areas was "good". In 2022, UK telecoms regulator Ofcom said it would stop BT, formerly British Telecom, from closing down phone boxes in areas with poor mobile signals if they were needed by local communities.It was located in an area not covered by all four mobile networksMore than 52 calls were made from it over the past 12 months
It was otherwise providing a vital service, such as being used to make calls to Childline or SamaritansPublic comments on the proposal to remove the boxes can be made to Dorset Council by mid-September.
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