Cool graph in the Wall Street Journal article Consumers Weigh in on AT&T’s Move to Cut Landlines shows the steadily increasing number of households that have dropped a landline and only use cell phones.
My estimates from reading the graph show this portion of US households don’t use a landline:
- ’05 – just under 10%, I estimate 8%
- ’07 – over 10%, estimated 14%
- ’09 – just over 20%, estimated 22%
- ’11 – just over 30%, estimated 31%
- ’13 – 39.5%
Last September, I mentioned About one-fourth of households rely on cellphones instead of landlines. So, 28% last fall, 39% now.
Article describes a town in Alabama where AT&T wants to drop landline service completely.