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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Technology leaves landline phones behind?

A new study by the Center for Disease Control finds that "one out of every six American homes (15.8%) now has only wireless telephones." Are mobile phones disrupting the traditional landline home phone industry the same way news on the Internet is disrupting the newspaper industry? A great quote in the San Francisco Chronicle makes us wonder: "People who live in mostly wireless homes agree the home phone no longer serves as a meaningful communication device."

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