www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21count.html?_r=technology&oref=slogin
Users Are Tossing Their Landlines Overboard
Time are changing in the ways of communication, and telephone companies are taking a hit because of it. This particular article talked about how more and more people are cutting costs by getting rid of their land line due to the increasing use of personal cell phones. Personally, I can relate to this because we just got rid of the land line at my house back home, and I can't think of one person that I know on campus that has a house phone. A friend and I were just discussing how we could remember using the old school phones. A long cord that you could wrap yourself in, to phones that you could lose in your pocket is quite a change. I personally think that our generation will not use landlines and will become more and more dependent on cell phones and the Internet to communicate.
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Yeah, I don't have a landline anymore either. The only thing that ever worries me about it is what to do in emergencies. Like when we lost power last week, and I couldn't recharge my cell phone.
I suppose phones with cords and even cordless phones will go the way of the rotary phone (you probably don't even remember those phones at all).
No..my grandma had one of those when I was younger and I remember loving to use it..haha. But yeah I am curious to see how far phones will come in our lifetime.
I agree. I dont have a landline at home or at school. It would be a huge waste of money if we did have one. I know that is someone wants to get ahold of me they would use my cell phone number. call or text. Also their are so many other ways to directly get ahold of someone these days with out going through another person and having to ask "is rachael home? can i talk to her? Can you tell her i called?" You can just email whoever, facebook message them or even use AIM. Youve eliminted having to rely on your mom to forward messages about who called. :)
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