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20% of Americans Ditch Landlines
The age of the cell phone: Americans are dumping their landlines at the fastest rate ever, making it a challenge for pollsters to find people and ask them what they think about President Obama. About one in five homes didn’t have a landline in the last half of last year, a figure that grew by 2.7 percent over a six-month period. By midterm elections in 2010, about 30 percent of homes will have no landline. Adults living in poverty were the most likely to go wireless last year, though gains were seen among adults between 30 and 60 years old and among those living in rural areas, contradicting the belief that all cell phone-only users are young and urban.
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Which is why tax on cell phones is going to go up and the internet is next.
I DITCHED MY LANDLINE 5 YEARS AGO AND NOW HAVE MY CELL AND A VOIP PHONE FOR LONG CALLS. I WISH THE PHONE COMPANIES WOULD START TO REMOVE THE MILES OF UGLY WIRES THAT HANG ON THEIR POLES ONCE THEY'RE NO LONGER NECESSARY!
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