Majority of US Households Now Cellphone-Only, Government Says (networkworld.com)

The National Center for Health Statistics has released a report that says, for the first time in history, U.S. households with landlines are now in the minority. Network World reports: The second 6 months of 2016 was the first time that a majority of American homes had only wireless telephones. Preliminary results from the July-December 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that 50.8% of American homes did not have a landline telephone but did have at least one wireless telephone (also known as cellular telephones, cell phones, or mobile phones) -- an increase of 2.5 percentage points since the second 6 months of 2015. Young adults (25-34) and those who rent are most likely to live wireless-only, as 70 percent of that demographic lives with a landline.

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First TIme in History?

[mentil]

Pretty sure in 1800, the majority of U.S. households did not own a landline telephone.

Re:I still have a landline

[Anonymous Coward]

Great! Finally a site I can input my cell phone number that has no AUP, TOS, or Privacy Policy...
Who do I know that I think needs to locate their phone...
at 3 AM on a Tuesday...

Re:Copper theft

[Hans Lehmann]

Do you really think that Joe CrackHead would stop to think whether phones are still in use before he stripped and sold them? "Oh no, I better not steal these wires to support my habit; someone might still talking to their mother on them. I should wait until I receive official notice that they're no longer in use before I resort to my plan of thievery!"