Ditching Landline Phones
May 17th, 2008
Consumers are cutting the cord, and choosing to keep only their mobile phone. According to USA Today, 16% of U.S. households only have a wireless phone today. A new report by Sanford C. Bernstein found that New York land lines have dropped 55% since 2000.
Last June, The New York Times reported that while the Manhattan population has been growing at an annual rate of about 10,000 people in recent years, to about 1.6 million residents, the 2007 Verizon White Pages was 142 pages smaller than the 2006 edition.
Ubertrend: Unwired
Value Propellants: Freedom, Simplfication
Entry Filed under: Mobile Phones
3 Comments Add your own
1. Diane Drinkwater | May 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
You can get USB key broadband these days, and most people chat on their mobiles not landlines so it’s perfectly possible in the UK to not have a fixed phone line at home.
I’ve not tried this new type of mobile access but can’t see it being as stable as fixed line. An interesting move though that might perhaps see the cost of fixed line rental drop to entice people back to it.
2. Matt | May 19th, 2008 at 5:53 am
don’t forget that people are also switching to having their cell phones and a voip landline - most of which would not get listed in the phone book. Time Warner gives you an option of listing it - but most others don’t.
3. mike garrett | June 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I recently moved to a condo ordering both a land line and cell. Within 1 month I ditched the land line. Most people called me on my cell so a land line was apparently not necessary. And finally, if I’m out of home, I miss the call…with my cell I never miss a call. One more comment: surveying my college students - only 10% have land lines and usually its their parents phone. So, for the fast paced times we live in, a cell is A far better way of keeping in touch and being available to others. Its the only way.
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