More American families choose to use cell phones to give up Cable Phone

High-tech development and the economic recession to the phone industry seems to be a surprise result, the nation's only the number of households use mobile phones, the first time last year more than traditional Cable Phone to use only the number of families.
Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on May 6 to a survey reported that the second half of 2008, there are 20% of households use only cell phones, than the first half of an increase of nearly 3%.

From the government in 2003 to collect information on the statistical data the first time since this is the highest growth rate in six months. With only a mobile phone compared to 20% of the family, only the installation of Cable Phone traditional families accounted for only 17%. 2% of U.S. families are what phone did not.

National Cable Phone mobile phone and the rate of change in recent years the fastest. In 2003 the first 6 months, only 3% of households with only cell phones, while 43% of households only the traditional wired telephone.

The authors of the report, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said high-level scientists, and only the phone number of households increasing, in part because the economic downturn, forcing many families to reduce household expenses.

Only traditional telephone services at home who were on low incomes, young people, tenants, and Hispanic residents.

According to statistics, 60% of households have both fixed line telephone and mobile phone. But industry analysts believe that the reasons for the popularity of mobile phones, not only is able to move, as well as to receive and send SMS.

The present situation is that some families to pay telephone at the same time the two Cable Phone and mobile phone bills. Finally, they will choose which one? They may choose to only gradually into a car which that cell phone.

According to statistics, Verizon Communications Inc. in March 2008 when 39 million cable phone customers, after 1 year was reduced to 35 million.
The company's mobile phone users during the same period from 67 million, increased to 87 million. At the same time, the company acquired by Alltell phone company, also installed 13 million fixed line telephone.