Canadians continue to disconnect home phone lines

Tech | 738 hits | Mar 31 7:04 am | Posted by: tritium

Canadians are ditching their landline phones at a rate that will escalate over the next few years, according to a Toronto-based market research company.

Comments

by Anonymous
Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:10 pm
Telus will soon be disconnected from my house.
by SigPig
Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:13 pm
Well it only makes sense. Why pay for both, and people definitely aren't going to get rid of their cell phones.
by sandorski
Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:31 pm
I'm still hanging on and have no Cell phone. Not only do I have my Telus landline, but use them for Internet and TV as well.
by Canadian_Mind
Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:38 pm
In time they should make landlines free and keep them analogue for emergency situations.
by raydan
Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:43 pm
"sandorski" said
I'm still hanging on and have no Cell phone.

I'm guessing that we're the only 2 people in Canada without a cell phone.
Wanna start a club?
by commanderkai
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:09 pm
"raydan" said
I'm still hanging on and have no Cell phone.

I'm guessing that we're the only 2 people in Canada without a cell phone.
Wanna start a club?

Third
by Wada
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:10 pm
Ummm. Fourth. Club sure, if you don't call me. I hate talking on the phone.
by Lemmy
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:15 pm
Fifth. I hate the goddamn things. Progress peaked with frozen pizza. Technology, since then, has been a drag on humanity. My friends and I know where one another live. When we want to talk, we DROP IN WITH A 12-PACK, like humans should.
by Canadian_Mind
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:16 pm
Mine's currently busted, does that count?
by raydan
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:22 pm
"Canadian_Mind" said
Mine's currently busted, does that count?

NO!!!

But if you build the clubhouse, I'll reconsider.
by roger-roger
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:41 pm
"Lemmy" said
Fifth. I hate the goddamn things. Progress peaked with frozen pizza. Technology, since then, has been a drag on humanity. My friends and I know where one another live. When we want to talk, we DROP IN WITH A 12-PACK, like humans should.

I guess that you also had to walk up hill, through a bilzzard and had to brew your own beer
by raydan
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:51 pm
From the answers we've gotten, this will be a "boys only" club.

Women... can't program a VCR (remember those), don't know how the remote works and won't touch any electronics. But give them a phone and they'll figure it out in about 3 seconds.
by Canadian_Mind
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:57 pm
"raydan" said
Mine's currently busted, does that count?

NO!!!

But if you build the clubhouse, I'll reconsider.

Sure; but you cover the material costs.
by bootlegga
Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:01 pm
No big surprise really, the technology is going this way in most advnaced countries. In most of Asia and Europe, cell phone usage is much higher than landlines. We're only starting to notice because our cellular technology is so far behind theirs.

As much as I hate cell phones, they are far more convenient than regular phones. You can carry them anwyhere, send text messages, and if you have a smartphone, check email, listen to music, etc.