25% Of U.S. Homes Are Wireless Only
Nearly 25% of all U.S. households have at least one mobile phone and no landline service, a 1.8% increase since the first half of 2009, this according to a new study by the Center for Disease Control...
View ArticleFCC: 21 Million VoIP Users Nationwide
The FCC has released its biannual report on “Local Telephone Competition,” which, for the first time, included comprehensive information about VoIP subscribers. As of year-end 2008, circuit switched...
View ArticlePew: TV, Landline Declining in ‘Necessity’
The television set and the landline telephone are suffering from a sharp decline in public perception that they are necessities of life, according to a new nationwide survey report from the Pew...
View ArticleVerizon Wireless Launches Home Phone Connect
Late last week, Verizon Wireless quietly launched its new Home Phone Connect service nationwide. Intitially trialed in in Connecticut and portions of upstate New York last year, the service uses...
View ArticleNearly 27% of U.S. Homes are Wireless Only
As of the first half of 2010, more than one-in-four U.S. homes (26.6%) were wireless-only, an eight-fold increase in six years, according to a new report from the CDC. The CDC notes that the prevalence...
View ArticleVOTW: Dialing 911, Cellular vs. Landline Comparison
And last but not least, our video of the week (VOTW). A local Iowa news station had 911 dispatch run a few test 911 calls from cell phones to see how accurately emergency services can pinpoint your...
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