Booths Silence Cell-Phone Boors

Stepping into one of Dennis Raney's narrow, handmade phone booths may feel like a return to simpler times, but a quick look around reveals the key element is missing -- the telephone. Wired reports.

"In the age of BYOP (that's "bring your own phone"), Raney is capitalizing on what he sees as a growing demand for private spaces in which people can talk on their cell phonesB> He started a cell-phone booth company, C.P. Booth, in early 2005, and has sold about a dozen booths to customers across the United States.

... So far, booths have mostly been installed in restaurants, like Manhattan's Biltmore Room and Chicago's Boka. However, the University of Maryland has one in its Thurgood Marshall Law Library."

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