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04-01-2014, 08:02 AM
Are Landline Phones Becoming an Endangered Species?
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The declining relevance of landline phones might **t be too surprising for the connected generation, but only 10 years ago, 92.7% of U.S. households had a working landline phone.
**w, that number has dropped to 58.1% of U.S. households, while the the percentage of cellphone-only households has risen from 5% to 39.4%, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201312.pdf).
See also: How to Ditch Your Landline (http://mashable.com/2012/08/21/ditch-your-landline/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The following chart, created by Statista (http://www.statista.com/chart/2072/landline-phones-in-the-united-states/), illustrates the rise of cellphones and the fall of landline phones in the U.S. over the past 10 years.
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Image: Statista (http://www.statista.com/chart/2072/landline-phones-in-the-united-states/)
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The declining relevance of landline phones might **t be too surprising for the connected generation, but only 10 years ago, 92.7% of U.S. households had a working landline phone.
**w, that number has dropped to 58.1% of U.S. households, while the the percentage of cellphone-only households has risen from 5% to 39.4%, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201312.pdf).
See also: How to Ditch Your Landline (http://mashable.com/2012/08/21/ditch-your-landline/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The following chart, created by Statista (http://www.statista.com/chart/2072/landline-phones-in-the-united-states/), illustrates the rise of cellphones and the fall of landline phones in the U.S. over the past 10 years.
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAzLzMxLzBmLzIwMTQwMzMxX0xhLjQ4NTQwLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/95a49e8d/df1/20140331_Landline.jpg
Image: Statista (http://www.statista.com/chart/2072/landline-phones-in-the-united-states/)
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