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Wireless Substitution
CDC ^ | 12-10-2007 | Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke

Posted on 12/11/2007 10:07:10 AM PST by Westlander

Preliminary results from the January–June 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that more than one out of every eight American homes (13.6%) had only wireless telephones during the first half of 2007.

(Excerpt) Read more at cdc.gov ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Technical
KEYWORDS: cell; landline; phone; wireless
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To: TomGuy

We switched to a VOIP “land-line” and it definitely saves us over a traditional land-line... And it’s still completely compatible with fax. :)


21 posted on 12/11/2007 11:14:48 AM PST by Kaylee Frye (everything's shiny)
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To: goodwithagun

Comcast in our area hasn’t been bad. Not problem-free by any means, but not bad. So I see no reason to shop for TV signal service at this time. Maybe someday that’ll come; but not now.


22 posted on 12/11/2007 11:17:23 AM PST by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: Slapshot68

Are you trying to say that a phone isn’t necessary? In many places, you can have a cell phone for cheaper than a landline... Poor people still need to be able to call 911 if they have a heart attack. Poor people still need a phone to get calls for interviews for jobs.


23 posted on 12/11/2007 11:18:08 AM PST by Kaylee Frye (everything's shiny)
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To: bcsco

We have Verizon FIOS...screaming fast...so far, very reliable. Very lousy for TV, though...still using DISH.


24 posted on 12/11/2007 11:18:17 AM PST by doctor noe
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To: Kaylee Frye
I switched to Vonage VoIP service several years ago. It cost $35 per month, phone + Fax. The service has been great. I dropped my phone bill from $135 per month to $35. Verizon will never see me again.

Semper Fi

25 posted on 12/11/2007 11:22:37 AM PST by MASS-2 FAC
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To: Kaylee Frye

“In many places, you can have a cell phone for cheaper than a landline... Poor people still need to be able to call 911 if they have a heart attack.”

911 can track cell phones. Just have to turn that feature on.


26 posted on 12/11/2007 11:23:19 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Slapshot68

Option to DSL; Satellite Internet

http://www.hughesnet.com


27 posted on 12/11/2007 11:23:32 AM PST by Mechanicos
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To: Westlander

We use cell phones, got rid of land line about 4 years ago.

Taking a class from home today, using Skype to call into the toll-free number. took me about 10 minutes to set-up and get going. No charge...nice...


28 posted on 12/11/2007 11:24:51 AM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Member VRWC - Volvo-owning right-wing conspiracy.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

I refuse to use my phone service’s long distance - I use GTC at 3.8 cents per minute. If you pay via credit card, there’s no minimum monthly fee. They use to be my internet service when I was on dialup but now that I have DSL, I still use their long distance service.


29 posted on 12/11/2007 11:25:31 AM PST by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: doctor noe

FIOS isn’t available here. Verizon is my cell provider (and former landline provider), but I guess I’m too boonyfied for FIOS.


30 posted on 12/11/2007 11:27:28 AM PST by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: Slapshot68

Wiis are currently more expensive than PS3s.


31 posted on 12/11/2007 11:46:13 AM PST by reg45
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To: bcsco

I have Verizon for Internet (Fios), TV (Fios), landline and wireless. I would ditch the landline if only I had a good signal in the house — until then, I have to keep the landline.

There was a proposal to build a tower for T-Mobile (with hopes that other carriers could piggyback) in my town, but it got squashed, I believe.

Hopefully you get Fios in your area soon, at least for Internet — blazingly fast speeds, if only hampered by a piece-o-poo router.


32 posted on 12/11/2007 11:48:03 AM PST by nostrum09
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To: goodwithagun
We kept Comcast for Internet service, but dropped them for cable service.

Did you lose the bundled-service discount?

I subscribed to Earthlink cable Internet service (which cost the same as the Comcast "discount") and got my TV signal via DISH. The funny thing about it is that Comcast did the install, Comcast handed the billing, and Comcast serviced the account. Yet because I signed up through Earthlink I got it cheaper.

I did return to DSL though because the up speed of the cable service was too slow.

33 posted on 12/11/2007 11:55:58 AM PST by whd23
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To: nostrum09
blazingly fast speeds, if only hampered by a piece-o-poo router.

Router or modem? I currently have my two PC's both hard and wireless wired through a router. The router goes to Comcast's cable modem. And I really don't want to replace my fine Linksys router with another.

34 posted on 12/11/2007 12:44:24 PM PST by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: Mechanicos
Option to DSL; Satellite Internet

You must really dislike Slapshot to give him/her such advice. DSL is cheaper, faster and steadier than satellite. I don't know anyone on earth who would take satellite over DSL if given the choice. I speak from experience.

35 posted on 12/11/2007 4:30:59 PM PST by Defiant (Huckabee puts the goober back in gubernatorial.)
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To: Slapshot68

>>>If I had a suitable replacement to the DSL service I have, I’d yank the entire land line out of my house. The cell phones work just fine.<<<
If your cell provider has EVDO technology, get an air card from them.


36 posted on 12/11/2007 4:34:18 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (A dyslexic, agnostic insomniac asks, "Is there a doG?")
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To: Defiant

My system works very well, download speeds similar to cable. I don’t upload big files. Yes, there is a 2-3 second lag for the signal to travel to and from the satellite. And upload is not much faster then dial up. You get used to it. My experience with DSL was not good. To each their own. The technology is different and relatively new. For some, satellite is a viable option. There is even airband now...


37 posted on 12/11/2007 4:55:24 PM PST by Mechanicos
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To: Kaylee Frye
We switched to a VOIP “land-line” and it definitely saves us over a traditional land-line... And it’s still completely compatible with fax. :)

That may be so, but if power goes out in your area, you have no comms. At least the POTS lines supply their own power.

38 posted on 12/11/2007 5:18:32 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Mechanicos
Satellite is $50/month. $225 for the equipment, if you sign up for 2 years. DSL is $15-$35, and faster, low startup costs. Satellite upload speeds are really sloooooow. Then, there's Hughesnet. And google the acronym FAP sometime to see why everyone hates satellite. I can't watch anything online, and they throttle all the good web sites that have video, like youtube. It can download at decent speeds, but browsing is horrible.

Other than that, it's great. It's better than dialup, but way way worse than DSL, which is second. Cable is best, of course, at least until we get FiOS.

39 posted on 12/11/2007 5:32:38 PM PST by Defiant (Huckabee puts the goober back in gubernatorial.)
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To: AFreeBird

True, but that’s why we have cell phones as well. If the power is out, faxing is the least of my worries.


40 posted on 12/12/2007 8:22:14 AM PST by Kaylee Frye (everything's shiny)
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