From the CTIA NewsWire: "The percentage of consumers who make a mobile phone their only phone will increase from 9.4% today to 37% in 2009, predicts a report by In-Stat. The report says lifestyle changes are driving the shift, and that people who currently are heavy wireless users are more likely to consider cutting the cord. TechWeb Network (10/25)"
I am not sure about "cutting chord" in a society where your phone # is related to so many services and a cell number doesn't agree with those. In some places you can't get food delivered if there is no "landline" on the premises, in others, it is difficult to open a bank account or a credit card without a landline. However, the most useful aspect of having a landline is actually in using it in a way similar to a junk email address - this is where all the "semi-insolicited" phone calls from your phone company and credit card companies go - the ones where they try to sell you all those services you really don't need. Its nice to know that I can give out my phone number without a fear that I will have to listen to stupid offers and hang up on weird marketing calls time after time. It only costs me about $13 a month and I can have a DSL on the same line. In my mind, its worth it. Would $13/mo cover Verizon's wire maintenance and service? probably. Will it make them profit? unlikely, but my subscription is worth it to me for this much. So maybe not so much dumping wired phones, as making them into junk-phone numbers.
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