Thursday, May 15, 2008
3 in 10 Get All or Most Calls on Cell Phones
Posted by Pete Paxton in "Smartphone News" @ 01:00 AM
For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone. The federal figures, released Wednesday, showed that reliance on cells is continuing to rise at the expense of wired telephones. In the second half of last year, 16 percent of households only had cell phones, while 13 percent also had landlines but got all or nearly all their calls on their cells.
I shouldn't be shocked by this. I knew this was happening but I didn't realize that three out of ten households perhaps don't even have a landline. We have both at my my place. We do use our landline but that's because I can't get reception in this little pocket neighborhood I live in. How about you? Has a cell phone replaced your landline all together? If not, why? If you do strictly use a cell phone, do you ever miss a landline or is mobile the way to go?
I shouldn't be shocked by this. I knew this was happening but I didn't realize that three out of ten households perhaps don't even have a landline. We have both at my my place. We do use our landline but that's because I can't get reception in this little pocket neighborhood I live in. How about you? Has a cell phone replaced your landline all together? If not, why? If you do strictly use a cell phone, do you ever miss a landline or is mobile the way to go?
