The trend of young U.S. mobile users choosing to disconnect their home phone lines is growing, according to a report from In-Stat.
The average person who opts out of having a home phone line is under 35 years old with a small household and a lower income than the traditional phone user.
"The largest number of current cord cutters-those who do not have a landline, but rely solely on their mobile phone-are those one might expect: young, single, living alone, or sharing quarters such as a dormitory or rooming house," says Jill Meyers, In-
Those who rely solely on mobile phone use 22 percent more cellular minutes than the average respondent, and 40 more than those not interested in dropping their landline. Twenty-four percent of those with a landline would consider replacing it with a mobile phone. Those who would consider replacing their landline with a mobile phone have the highest penetration of family or group mobile rate plans, and they have the highest spending averaging $111.41 per month.
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