3 in 10 get calls on cell phones
Do you still have a landline? Does it have cobwebs on it? A new U.S. report indicates we’re using our mobile phones more and more these days. Think the same thing is happening in Canada? I’d say oui.
Do you still have a landline? Does it have cobwebs on it? A new U.S. report indicates we’re using our mobile phones more and more these days. Think the same thing is happening in Canada? I’d say oui.
A new study showed our reliance on mobile phones is rising at the expense of landlines.
For nearly 3 in 10 households, people either don’t have a landline or don’t answer it. In the second half of 2007, 16 percent of U.S. households said they only had a cell phone, while 13 percent said they also had a landline but most people call them on their cell phone anyway. In 2004, 5 percent of households said they only had a cell phone.
The no. 1 reason they don’t answer their landline? It’s usually solicitors calling. How true. And my wife gets angry because I rarely pick up the landline for this reason.
Do you still use landlines?
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I have only had one land line since i moved out of my parents place… and that wasn't my choice, the roommates decided to get one. I can't see any reason for myself to get one anytime in the future either… with free incoming calls on my cell phone and the internet i can get a hold of anyone i need to.
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sometimes you need a landline to get things like charge cards or paypal.
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More than half of BC is considered a 'dead zone'. In fact, I'm not sure but I think it's MUCH more. There are dead zone streets in the main populated areas of BC as well. The rest of Canada may go completely without a landline but in BC, that won't happen until a way is found to call through mountains. The words 'Sorry, I went through a dead zone' is still common occurence.
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