I guess it depends where you are. Here in my part of Pa, cell phones are
taking over. We can tell because population is increasing rapidly (we're
one of the three fastest growing counties in the state) and our share of
the fee to operate out 9-1-1 center hadn't increased a bit.
That's the trouble with national averages. Around here, and east of
here, cell phones are real popular. Head into the dessert, where there's
no cell coverage and no people to use it, and the numbers go the other way.
Anyway, even 8 percent of as many fones as are out there is still a
bunch of phones.
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> Hello, J Messeder.
>
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:09:27 -0400 you said:
>
>
>> For one thing, I think we're well on the way to converging radio
>> technology. Landline telephones have essentially given way to cell
>> phones. I'm thinking it won't be long before cell and wi-fi are one. The
>>
>
> No, they haven't. Last stats I heard, less than a month ago, puts
> "cellular only" use at maybe 8% in the US. That means that ~92% of US
> households still use landlines even if they do have a cellphone for
> everyone in the family.
>
> We may be heading there, but we ain't there yet.
>
>
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