Study: Consumers go wireless at home. "People are pulling the plug on traditional phone lines at home as wireless service and broadband connections become cheaper, according to Forrester Research." [CNET News.com]
That's what my friend and colleague Kate is doing. She has a cable modem at home and a 16-year old daughter with a cell phone. When she moved last summer, she kept wondering why she was having a landline phone installed in the new place, and now she realizes she doesn't need it after all. So she got herself a cell phone, and it's goodbye, Ameritech! Now if we only had better cellular coverage like they do in Europe and Asia....
The article continues, "By 2006, more than 5 million U.S. homes will start using mobile and high-speed broadband networks as their primary connection, according to Forrester. That would make wireless services the primary means of communications in 11 percent of households." My seven-year old has already asked for a cell phone. She's seven! Okay, she'll be eight in March, but she's seven now and she wants a cell phone! Don't tell me these kids aren't going to grow up using their [portable] phones to pull in information.
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