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Landlines to Follow the Dinosaurs

by Terrence O'Brien on May 15, 2007 at 01:16 PM

Landlines to Follow Dinosaurs
Like Tom Cruise's career, telephone landlines are on a path to extinction. That's according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which, apparently, has grown bored of studying its usual fodder of killer viruses, avian flu and other flesh eating bugs.

The study reports that more than 25 percent of folks under 30 have ditched traditional landline phones in favor of an all-mobile diet. In addition, people in lower-income households are dropping landlines in record numbers, deciding that their money is better spent on cell phones.

According to the study, landline abandonment not only affects the lifespans of the Bells. It also affects 911 emergency service providers and polling organizations which no longer have access to a huge chunk of the population.

Of course, the real losers are telemarketers who are surely shaking in their boots.

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