Moreover, they lacked telephones or means of communications.

Much of rural Haiti, where nearly three-quarters of the population lives, lacks electricity or telephones.

One of its projects is bringing communication services to rural communities lacking electricity or telephones.

Its 30 rooms, lacking telephones and television, occupy a row of four 19th- and early 20th-century houses.

The cabins themselves lacked telephones, but the information card said we were welcome to use the proprietor's phone.

I had known the inn lacked telephones and electricity.

The city lacked paved streets, electric lights, telephones, and a reliable fire alarm system.

And schools may not be able to notify parents who lack telephones when their children are absent.

State parks lack telephones and television, and even a daily newspaper may be hard to come by.

The prospects are alluring: about 80 percent of all households still lack telephones, for instance.