As landline use decreases, wireless becomes "safe haven"

17 percent of homes are cell-only. Those are mostly of the younger crowd, who never had a landline through college, and see no reason to spend more money on one now. Metro PCS CEO Roger Linquist, speaking to a group of analysts, said that “wireless is a safe haven,” according to the AP. The CEO considers wireless a good investment considering our current economic situation. He was speaking towards his company’s service, which offers unlimited calling for $40 per month. This means that customers can ditch their landline, leaving them with one phone bill instead of two. As we see the price of unlimited calling plans come down — from the larger carriers, notably, not from already-cheap services like Metro and Cricket wireless — we’ll see an acceleration of landline disconnections. Why pay for two lines when you can talk all you want on your cell?]]>