It may be a public knowledge that there is a trend of people losing their household landlines and opting for wireless cell phone, but you probably don’t know this: the reason behind their decisions of going wireless is more about their age and geographical locations rather than economic situation.According to the latest study conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of American families with cell phones but no landlines continues to climb up steadily, which is in line with the previous findings. It has grown from 11 percent in 2006 to 23 percent during the first half of this year. By comparison, less than 17 percent are living in households that only have traditional wired phones, while 2 percent have no phone at all.
Surprisingly, households of all income levels are abandoning landlines to cut expenses at the same rate. Among the poor, the proportion of wireless-only families has soared from 16 percent in 2006 to 33 percent in 2009. Those who classified as "nearly poor" and "not poor" also showed similar increases, with the former rising from 14 to 27 percent and the latter surging from 9 to 19 percent. Regardless of their incomes, the percentage of cell-only families has about doubled during the period.
What really affect phone adoption are their age and living locations. While more than a third of adults age 18 to 34 have cut the cord, only 22 percent of those between 35 to 44 have done the same. Also, people living in the Southern and Midwestern states are more likely to rely exclusively on cell phones than others.
With the landline market shrinking, telecommunication companies such as AT&T and Verizon are striving to retain landline subscribers while they are also finding other ways to make up for their loss in revenue in this business.
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