Cell-Phone-Only Homes Outnumber Landline Holdouts

For the first time since these kinds of things have been tracked, the percentage of homes with cell phones only (14 percent) has surpassed the percentage of homes with only landline phones (12.3 percent). The trend is sure to keep moving in that direction as more young adults who rely on cell phones don't see the need for a landline and the additional bill that comes with it when they start paying rent.

That percentage shift, discovered between September 2006 and April 2007, comes from Mediamark Research, which has been following phone usage since the 1980s. In a survey of 13,000 U.S. homes, Mediamark found 84.5 percent of households have landlines, and 86.2 percent have at least one cell phone. Of course most of those homes are one and the same, but it shows we have clearly become a multi-phone species.

We're not ready to give up a landline just yet at our house. Has anyone left landline service behind? Or will you keep both for a long time to come?

LINK: Cell-Phone Only Homes Hit Milestone [New York Times]