According to a survey done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 percent of homes in the U.S. are cell phone-only, compared to 17 percent of homes that use only a landline telephone. This is not a complete surprise – for years, homes have been dropping their landline service. Cell phone price plans have become reasonable enough that most people feel their cell phone can act as their primary telephone. Why pay for two telephone services?
Responsibility now falls on the shoulders of wireless providers to make their networks more reliable. As more people choose to go wireless-only, the potential is there for their phone network to fail them in an emergency. Landlines usually fail due to acts of God – lines coming down, for instance. Cell phone networks can simply fail due to an extreme amount of network usage. Ask those who went to South by Southwest how AT&T’s network treated them and you’ll get what I’m saying.
Hopefully, the wireless providers see the future and build their networks for it. It’s very possible that, someday, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and all the rest could be the only telephone providers left standing. And if we can’t depend on our telephones in an emergency – then what?
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It's a very real trend I see among my friends and family. Only two out of the 30+ people that I can think of right now have landlines. The rest, like myself, have only the cell. I used to be concerned about the reliability of my cell because the reception was really not that great even in my home. About a year and a half ago I changed to the NET10 prepaid service and my reception is now a lot better. During this time I made 2 emergency calls (for other people) and both times had no problem. So I decided to let go of the landline which was not being used anyway. The only calls I ever received on it were from telemarketers.
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It's a very real trend I see among my friends and family. Only two out of the 30+ people that I can think of right now have landlines. The rest, like myself, have only the cell. I used to be concerned about the reliability of my cell because the reception was really not that great even in my home. About a year and a half ago I changed to the NET10 prepaid service and my reception is now a lot better. During this time I made 2 emergency calls (for other people) and both times had no problem. So I decided to let go of the landline which was not being used anyway. The only calls I ever received on it were from telemarketers.
I'm seeing that same trend, Patrick. In my opinion, the landline is slowly but surely becoming obsolete. The only real necessary use I can see for it is in a business environment. Cell phones can provide emergency personnel with something that landlines can't – your location.
Cell phones can also make emergency calls (to 911) even if you don't have a service contract with a provider. So they're good things to keep around anyway, even if you have a landline. Just in case.
I'm seeing that same trend, Patrick. In my opinion, the landline is slowly but surely becoming obsolete. The only real necessary use I can see for it is in a business environment. Cell phones can provide emergency personnel with something that landlines can't – your location.
Cell phones can also make emergency calls (to 911) even if you don't have a service contract with a provider. So they're good things to keep around anyway, even if you have a landline. Just in case.
I think the landline is on its way out of U.S. households, for good. Wrote about that here, http://bit.ly/ndvmp.
I think the landline is on its way out of U.S. households, for good. Wrote about that here, http://bit.ly/ndvmp.
It seems Cell phone more popular
thanks for the interesting read, appreciated.