Younger people are leading the way to a cell phone-only world
WASHINGTON - One in 4 households has a cell phone but no traditional landlines, a trend led by the young and the poor that is showing no sign of abating.
The 25 percent who had only a mobile phone in the last half of 2009 was up 2 percentage points from the first half of the year, according to data reported Wednesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Spotlighting how steadily people's telephone habits are evolving, in the beginning of 2006 just 11 percent of homes had only a cell.
The move away from landlines — just 15 percent of households have a traditional phone and no cell phone, about half the rate of 2006 — is having a widespread effect. It affects everything from how telephone companies stay profitable to how polling firms and government agencies gather data to how 911 service providers locate people in need of help.
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Editors Note: We eliminated our land line a few months ago.
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4 comments:
I have a cell phone and a Magic Jack. I have high speed internet so what is $20 a year for a line in your house.
My family is dealing with hard times financialy just like many others. The very first things to go were the landline, the newspaper,the lawn service, and eating out.
We gave up our land line this week.
land line is a lot cheaper than cell. do the young people realize some areas are NOT served by the cell?
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