Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Cell Phones vs. Landlines

20080902_phone.jpgMore and more people like the practicality of having a single phone number. And of course they want to be reachable everywhere and not only at home. Consequently those people go for a mobile phone and do not spend money for landline telephony. David J. Critchell wrote an interesting article about this topic:

"Sometime late last year, according to researchers, the number of people living in households with one or more cell phones exceeded that of people living in a household with a landline.

Not surprisingly, the trend is being driven by the young ones, 18-24 year-olds, 32% of whom live in households where a cell phone is the only phone (as opposed to 14% for the population at large), according to Mediamark Research, Inc., a consumer research firm. The biggest group living in landline-only homes is retirement age: 65 and over. (Overall, the total number of households with only a landline is now a little more than one in ten nationally, a rate that continues to decrease.)..."

Read the rest of this article here: www.mainstreet.com

THX @Amanda

M. Schäufele 7:18 PM, September 2, 2008
Comments

Dem kann ich nur zustimmen. Wobei ich bevorzuge die Telefonnummer öfters zu Wechseln, da die derzeitigen Callcenter Agenten doch sehr kreativ die Telefonnummer ihrer Opfer finden...

Siemens Fan 12:12 PM, September 5, 2008

This company stock (ROKE) is set to take off. Worldwide client base in the mobile communications space. See the details at
www.icoft.com/roke.html

Yanni Donald 1:32 PM, November 15, 2008
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