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If my memory serves me, I believe Payphones also had government backing in the US. They were seen as a public work so the phone companies that owned them received governmental assistance to help cover cost. Now there's no gov. aid to help cover cost which means they make sure consumers pay more to maintain their profit margins.
And also inflation.