Facts and Figures

[andrewducker]

Interesting to note that more people have a mobile for personal use (95%) than a landline (78%).

40% of people use VOIP/Skype.

And mobile use is now the norm (66% -> 28%)

If the trend continues then landlines will exist in the UK only because BT insist you have a phoneline if you have ADSL.  And even then it looks very much like they'll only be "phone lines" up to the exchange - and it's all digital from that point onwards.

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

As someone who lives out in the sticks, I would say it's not power outages that are the problem, but the poor quality of mobile phone signal. With a landline, you get clear sound quality all the time. At home, my mobile signal comes and goes constantly. Some days conversations are crystal clear, other days it is almost impossible to hold a conversation.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

I certainly would not want to only have my mobile here, since I get okay (but far from perfect) reception on the top floor and pretty much nothing anywhere else in the house. Also, one side of the next village gets no reception and the other side is only okayish.