25 percent of European households shun landlines for mobiles
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 2nd 2008 at 4:03AM
Though just over 10 percent of wireless Europeans are allegedly riding the 3G wave, the picture's looking a lot prettier when you compare the adoption rate of mobiles to their tethered equivalents. A survey commissioned by the European Union suggests that roughly 24 percent of households have moved exclusively to cellphones to take care of their telecom needs -- while Finland, Nokia's home turf, came in at a staggering 61 percent. In general, former Eastern Bloc countries are racking up a much higher incidence of mobile-only behavior, apparently because governments have found it easier to concentrate on building out wireless networks rather than a landline infrastructure that could see limited use (in-home broadband excepted, though that's another story altogether).[Via textually.org]
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Michael @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:04AM
Our phone bill was $60 for 3 way calling, caller id, call waiting on our lan line, and it sucked when it rained as the phone went out. We ditched our months ago and use cell only. I am in the USA though, but still, lan lines are going away.
JPitstick @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:59AM
Yeah, my fiancé and I are defiantly not getting a land line for our apartment when we move in. If we went with anything tethered it would probably be VoIP.