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One-Third of U.S. Families Live Without Landline Phones, Report Says

by Amar Toor on August 19, 2010 at 04:50 PM

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If you terminated your landline phone service recently, count yourself among a growing number of Americans transitioning to a purely mobile existence. According to a new Citi Investment Report from analyst Jason Bazinet, nearly 30-percent of all U.S. households have now disconnected their landlines -- up from 25-percent just one year ago. As Business Insider explains, the "wireless substitution" has noticeably accelerated over the past nine quarters, with more than 1-percent of households disconnecting their lines each quarter.

A quick glance at some comparative statistics from the past few years reveals just how drastically some American households have transitioned from landline to wireless. In 2003, the Center for Disease Control's National Health Interview Survey began tracking wireless substitution rates, as mobile phones had already become ubiquitous. At that time, just 2.8-percent of adults and 2.9-percent of children in the U.S. were living with only a wireless phone and no landline. By 2005, though, one out of every ten families had cut their lines. And, as Bazinet's report proves, this trend is showing no signs of decelerating anytime soon. [From: BusinessInsider, via: Textually]

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