John Bonomo, a spokesman for Verizon, the largest pay phone provider in the United States, confirmed what many iReporters found in their searches: the more people, the more pay phones.

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"On a corner where we may have had a bank of four, we might cut it down to one and so we'll retain a presence at that street corner, " Bonomo said.

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"There's only so much swelling brain can tolerate until there's pressure on the nerves that control breathing and circulation, " said Dr. Roger Bonomo, director of stroke care at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.

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