Is the landline dead?
BT's just announced another line rental hike (info and help in Cheap Home Phones). Once families queued for their turn on the home phone - now, even many under-10s have their own mobile. Is the landline dead? What percentage of (non- work) calls made and received are on your home phone compared to mobile/web calls?
BT's just announced another line rental hike (info and help in Cheap Home Phones). Once families queued for their turn on the home phone - now, even many under-10s have their own mobile. Is the landline dead?
What percentage of (non- work) calls made and received are on your home phone compared to mobile/web calls?
Results
| Don't have a home phone |  |
1191 votes (9%) |
| Never/rarely use the home phone for calls | |
5870 votes (45%) |
| Home phone under 40% of calls | |
1768 votes (14%) |
| Roughly half calls via home phone | |
777 votes (6%) |
| Home phone more than 60% of calls | |
1110 votes (9%) |
| Use home phone for all/almost all calls | |
2243 votes (17%) |
| Don't have a home phone | |
202 votes (5%) |
| Never/rarely use the home phone for calls | |
618 votes (14%) |
| Home phone under 40% of calls | |
303 votes (7%) |
| Roughly half calls via home phone | |
222 votes (5%) |
| Home phone more than 60% of calls | |
561 votes (13%) |
| Use home phone for all/almost all calls | |
2561 votes (57%) |
| Don't have a home phone | |
855 votes (27%) |
| Never/rarely use the home phone for calls | |
1696 votes (53%) |
| Home phone under 40% of calls | |
304 votes (10%) |
| Roughly half calls via home phone | |
120 votes (4%) |
| Home phone more than 60% of calls | |
91 votes (3%) |
| Use home phone for all/almost all calls | |
116 votes (4%) |
20,608 votes received.
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