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Landline / Public Telephones

The cheaper option for communicating by telephone is using landline telephones. There are public phones in shopping centres, around the town centre, and although not quite on every street corner most residential addresses in Cambridge are usually only a short walk from a public telephone box. Some pubs and restaurants also have phones for customers use. Peak rate calls are 8p per minute approx, although this can vary depending on who, where and when you are calling. If you are using a public phone 20p is the initial connection charge.Calls from public phones can be paid for using coins, credit/debit cards and telephone cards. A display on the phone usually gives you clear instructions on how to make a call and options for how to pay for the call and generally speaking 'telephone boxes' as they are known are coloured red.