Stat of the day

UNIVERSAL REMOTE

One-fourth of American homes now has no traditional landline even though they do have mobile phone service, while only 15% have a landline with no cell phone.

The Centers for Disease Control have been tracking the statistic since 2006. Back then, it found that 11% of homes only had a mobile number. In just 3 years, that number more than doubled to 23% in 2009.

... [F]or those between 25 and 29, 50% did not have a landline number, while people over 65 are still relying heavily on the traditional service—only 5% of them have decided to go cell-only.

This kind of reminds me that I need to do something about my AT&T land line, which, given the state of electronic economics these days, is hideously expensive.