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Landline phones disappearing - little by little
As you would expect, more and more Americans are getting rid of their landline phones and relying completely on cell phones. USA Today has some statistics from around the country. The most dramatic are from New York, where the number of landlines is down 55% since 2000.
One in six Americans now has no landline. Under age 30, it's about one in three Americans.
I have friends who fall into this category, and you probably do too. Husband and wife each has a cell phone, no home phone.
Related statistic, also summarized in USA Today: one in three households now receives all their calls on a cell phone, even though they still have a landline. I have friends that fall into this category also. They have a home phone, but don't bother trying to reach them on it. They don't answer it and don't check their messages on it.
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Posted by on May 15, 2008 8:36 am :: Comments (1) :: Permalink
1 Response to "Landline phones disappearing - little by little"
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May 20, 2008 8:53 pm
Is there a rate lower than telephone companies basic rate? I read, in passing, something by someone that was trying to save money. She lives in MO and pays $7.25/month which is less than the "basic" monthly rate. She also said that incoming calls were free. She got a certain number of calls for the $7.25 and then beyond that number of calls there is a charge of 8 cents per minute? Is this accurate? If I want to get this what do I ask my landline telephone company for?
