A recent study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) indicates that more people are turning to their cellphone as their primary means of communication while simultaneously ditching their landlines. According to the CEA, 17 percent of consumers who bought cellphones during a 90-day period said they were using their phones exclusively. Most of this group consisted of younger adults, singles, and people who rent their homes.
The trend to going all-cellphone is definitely rising. For example, in Wisconsin, one out of every three AT&T residential landlines were lost, translating into 340,000 lines lost. Of course, this does not accurately reflect the entire situation throughout the country, and AT&T has had more than its share of problems in recent years. But the fact remains that people are increasingly using their cellphones as their main phone number because of portability as well as economic reasons.
