RV enthusiasts abandoning traditional telephones
A December survey by RVtravel.com revealed that recreational vehicle enthusiasts are abandoning their traditional land line telephones in favor of cellular phones.
“Approximately one third of the more than 1,500 RVers who participated in our survey about telephone usage reported that they rely exclusively on a cell phone as their only telephone,” said RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury. “Less than three percent use a land line exclusively. Two-thirds own both a cellular phone and a traditional land line telephone.”
These figures jive with government surveys. According to recent statistics released by the U.S. Labor Department, the average annual household usage of cell phones in 2006 was $524, compared with the $542 for land line telephones. It’s expected that in 2007, consumers for the first time will spend more on cell phone services than for traditional phones.
Results of the survey can be viewed here.
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posted by Chuck Woodbury at
1/07/2008 08:26:00 AM
3 Comments:
Chuck, is there also a survey on how people use their Cellphones? I plan on using mine to hook into the internet for my laptop. Very versatile machines with the popularity for usage going up!
By
desertratdan, at 9:36 AM, January 12, 2008
I've used a cell phone for hooking up to the internet -- it's a bit slow, but it's good enough for checking email and such. I currently have an air card from AT&T, with billing on my cell phone bill. It's a lot faster than the cell hook-up and I can do a lot more. With websites becoming more and more sophisticated out there, you need the ability to download faster than a cell phone by itself.
As far as what we use for phone service - we're strictly cell phone users now. We tried having a landline for a couple of summers, but found we never used it so what was the sense of having the expense?
By
RVingMom, at 6:08 AM, January 28, 2008
My husband and I use our land line phone Only for the fax machine and to receive messages on our
voice mail. Once in a good
while we'll use the house
phone but we really use our
individual cell phones for everything. It's cheaper,
and we talk less because we remember we're on a cellphone. On a landline phone people tend to talk longer. If it weren't for the fax, we wouldn't have the house phone at all. Angie in PA
By
aneokle, at 4:40 PM, January 28, 2008
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