WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Tech-savvy Americans are neglecting their televisions and landline phones, a Washington-based research group has reported. The Pew Internet & American Life Project said as people surround themselves with the latest technological gadgets and services, the landline telephone plays a less prominent role in their communication routines and the television recedes in importance as an information appliance.
The most enthusiastic tech savvy Americans are the ones most likely to report a decrease in telephone calling because of the Internet and a tendency to use cell phones as a way to make long distance calls. These users are also the ones most likely to have either canceled a home phone line because of their cell phone or have seriously considered doing so. Although only 2 percent of all Americans have canceled a wireline phone since getting a cell phone, 7 percent of the most enthusiastic tech users have done this. Another 20 percent have seriously considered doing so.
Charles Mims
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