Landlines

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control finds, for the first time, most American households have mobile phones but no landline. That’s important information for collecting data, lest researchers leave out wireless users when they do surveys and wind up with inaccurate results. Wireless connections are getting better and cheaper, but most homes […]

The push is on to pull the plug on yesterday's phones.

41% of homes in the US are mobile phone only, but cord-cutting may have plateaued.

The F.C.C. is moving toward allowing phone companies to replace their century-old landlines with internet-based phone service.