Comments on: 11% of US Adults Use Only Mobile Phones

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:47:20 +0000

What are your personal views on keeping a land line for emergencies? We rarely use our home phone and have discussed disconnecting it. However we have an old rotary mechanical phone (along with the usual cordless and answering machine phones) that works even when the power goes out.

I’d more easily switch completely but there are a few things cells don’t do well like screening calls over the speaker, so I can decide if I want to get up and answer it, (Bishop yes, sales no) or show caller ID on my TV like my current home phone does.

By: ldsWebguy » 15% of US Households Have Only a Mobile Phone

ldsWebguy » 15% of US Households Have Only a Mobile Phone — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:09:40 +0000

[...] my post of June 14th, I reported that 11% of US adults now use only a mobile phone to place phone calls. But it’s [...]

By: Mike Kingsley

Mike Kingsley — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:20:40 +0000

I agree on MLS comment. My wife and I exclusively use cell phones for business and personal use. I think the MLS should have a section for multiple phone numbers and then either way you slice it, it would help. Example:

1) Husband – cell; Wife – cell
2) Family – landline; Family – cell

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:20:24 +0000

The interesting thing is how far behind the US is in this transition, compared to many other developed countries.

I’m a young, semi-educated, semi-affluent male who hates cell phones. I only acquired one a little over a year ago, and hardly ever use it. I have never sent a text message, and can’t imagine being interested in picture sharing or watching video on a 1-inch screen. I prefer typing on a regular-sized keyboard, and looking at a big screen. And being available on my own terms. I check email often enough that it’s not hard to find me for something important.

By: Silus Grok

Silus Grok — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:08:52 +0000

That’s me!

I only have one phone… and it’s my cell phone.

( Now, if only the guys programming MLS would figure that out, and have a way to specify a phone as either a home phone or a mobile… and then specify whose mobile it is… yeah, I know… a little off-topic… but this is the only place I have to vent. The MLS crew is not all that responsive. )