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The death of the home phone?

Posted by mwelch May 16, 2007 01:56 PM

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Remember when cell phones were a luxury and everyone had a land line? Not anymore. "Today, the cell phone is regarded as a necessity by a growing number of Americans - especially the young and the poor - while the residential phone is becoming optional." A new survey finds that "29.1 percent of people ages 25 to 29 and 25.2 percent of the respondents aged 18 to 24 have abandoned residential phones and rely solely on cell phones." Holdouts tend to be older, have families and own homes. If current trends continue, we "could be 30 to 50 percent wireless only in several years, mirroring present patterns in Europe."

Is the home phone dead? Join the discussion.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/15/MNGMOPR2HE1.DTL&type=tech

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