From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   news:lpheop$d6a$1@dont-email.me...   
   > On 08-Jul-14 13:35, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> The high percentage of landline dumpers surprises me; I thought it   
   >> was about 20-30% of homes that are landline only.   
   >   
   > I don't know _anyone_, other than my parents and a few friends in states   
   > without "naked" DSL, who still has a landline at home.   
   >   
   >> To me, a cellphone is a terrible device for Internet access as the   
   >> screen is so small.  I much prefer a conventional computer (and a   
   >> desktop at that).   
   >   
   > Some apps are pretty good.  A smartphone screen isn't big enough for a   
   > browser, but some people make do if that's the only Internet access they   
   > have--or if they're not around a real computer.  Tablets make most web   
   > sites usable, but AFAICT they're still mainly used for apps.   
   >   
   >> Side question:  How wonder how many remaining landlines still have a   
   >> rotary-dial phone connected with them?  ...   
   >>   
   >> I also wonder how many calls today are placed from a rotary dial unit   
   >> sending pulses.  Here I would suspect a very low percentage.  Does   
   >> the telco ever release statistics about that?   
   >   
   > I'm not sure they even collect such stats.   
   >   
   > S   
      
   I keep a landline for reliability.  But tonight my wife was busy with Skype   
   using her Ipad to talk to my daughter's family, when I got a landline call   
   from Durham, but the man on the other end was on a cell phone.   
      
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