Saving money on semipublic payphones

In many states, a site owner does not have to pay for a semipublic payphone. There are varying definitions for the term, but usually semipublic means the payphone is accessible to the general public. The classic example is of a payphone at the back of a loading dock. Even though the loading dock itself may close for business at 5 p.m., the payphone is still available for someone walking by. In this example, the business should be able to get the local phone company to stop charging it for the payphone each month. On the other hand, the phone company may just decide to remove the phone at that point.