Landlines Going The Way Of The Dodo

May 7, 2009

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Thanks in part to consumers looking to lower expenses in the current recession, cellphone only households have surpassed landline only households for the first time ever. The report conducted by the Centers for Disease Control surveyed 12,597 households on their available means of communication in the second half of 2008.

The shift toward mobile only phone service in Residential customers gained 3% over the first 6 months of 2008, the largest recorded jump since the government began recording this data in 2003.

An additional 15% of households report having both a landline and one or more cell phones but maintain their landline for Internet connectivity only and do not accept calls on their landlines. Nearly a third of respondents aged 18 to 24 live in cell phone only households.

Written by Todd · Filed Under Business, Mobile, Telecom