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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:06 PM
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Cellphone-only voters, check in!
Since lots of people don't have land lines anymore, and they don't get polled, I'd like to get an idea of how many people here no longer use land lines.

We went wireless 3.5 years ago. Cell phones have been our primary phone since then.

Politicat
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Arger68 Donating Member (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:07 PM
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1. Cell phone only here.
I haven't gotten a telemarketing call in over 2 years. AWESOME!!!
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:10 PM
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3. Can't say it's awesome but it does save $40 a month
so I can budget cable internet.
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Lefta Dissenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:10 PM
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2. Well, since we live in a valley,
we don't get cell reception here at home - stuck with landlines.

However, my daughter (voting in her first pres. election) and virtually all of her friends rely exclusively on cell-phones. It's almost a foreign concept for them to use land-lines these days!

And, by the way, I know at least four of them right offhand who are anxious as hell to vote for Kerry in November! :bounce:
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:14 PM
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4. cellphone only here
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pmbryant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:14 PM
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5. Have a landline, but rarely use it these days, so I think we count.
The ringer on the landline phone is always turned off, so that it is essentially just a voicemail-collecting device. So we are essentially unreachable by telephone pollsters.

--Peter
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AndyP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:15 PM
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6. i live in an apartment of 5 people
and we don't have a land line and I haven't had one for nearly 5 years now.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:15 PM
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7. Here
Edited on Mon Sep-20-04 04:16 PM by shylock1579
My live-in girlfriend also has only a cell, that makes two. Same with my stepsister, lives in an apartment, no land line.
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:19 PM
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8. I have used "cell" only
for the last three years....



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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:29 PM
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9. I have no landline
I have a cell phone and cable Internet.
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atldem Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:33 PM
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10. Cell only here
My partner and my son and myself all have cell phones and use cable internet.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 04:36 PM
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11. Cell phone only
I have wireless internet too.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 05:14 PM
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12. 'Cell Only' Here !!!
:hi:
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 05:19 PM
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13. Hola!
I hate my phone. The keys don't work that well anymore and it is starting to literally fall apart. But I've got 3 weeks left in the contract.
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 10:59 PM
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14. kick for the night crowd
:kick:
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Tangledog Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 11:19 PM
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15. Cell-only about 2 years n/t
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-04 11:23 PM
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16. another here
i was reluctant to get one...i hate cell phones

but it's cheaper and more mobile than a land line
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