Landline phones on hold
February 29th, 2008, 10:52 am · Post a Comment · posted by Ed Taylor
Although much has been written about the possible demise of the traditional landline telephone, Valley residents aren’t quite ready to give up their landline phones yet, according to a study by WestGroup Research, a Phoenix-based research firm that has been tracking telephone trends since 1971.
Although 86 percent of respondents in its January poll said that someone in their household has a cell phone, 65 percent said they are not likely to discontinue landline service during the next 12 months and just use their cell phone.
The explosive growth in cell phone use can’t be denied, with more than a quarter of respondents saying that three or more members of their household have cell phones. It’s just that most people still see it as an added service rather than the one they want to use exclusively, WestGroup said.
Other phone findings:
- About 15 percent of residents use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service;
- As income increases, so does the likelihood that residents own a cell phone;
- One in three (34 percent) of cell phone users say they use the text-messaging feature;
- One in six cell phoners use their mobile phones to check e-mail or access the Internet.
The study was based on a random sample of 404 adults in the metro
Phoenix area with a 5 percent margin of error.
