How many people have only cell phones

[Poiuyt]

and no land line phones? Has anyone heard any figures on that?

[Burma Jones]

1. My twin 22 year old brothers

and several friends in NYC..........

[lakemonster11]

32. me, my three housemates, my brother, his two housemates...

[SaveElmer]

2. I think I read it's about %2.5 of all phone users

Have no land line. I don't think it's that big of a deal this election. This will become more of a factor each election cycle though.

[democraticinsurgent]

3. 3-10%

industry stats from 2003, 3%. but that's old research and changing quickly. i've heard estimates anywhere from 5-7% and even up to 10%. then take into consideration people who are PRIMARY cell phone users who don't answer their landlines unless they know who it is via caller ID, and you've got another sizeable bunch that don't get polled.

I'd bet on at least 10% that are now unreachable by pollsters via telephone.

Big question is how different that 10% is vs. the other 90%. Not many stats on that yet.

We'll probably know on 11/2 though!

[Philostopher]

4. Here's an article that at least attempts to approach this:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6237699/

They give the ratio, if not raw numbers. I quick look at the 2000 census figures would probably give you a good idea, though.

On edit -- I saw a figure in an article of approximately eight million, but the post is long in the archives and I didn't see the article in the main Google search I did. Not sure how that compares with the percentages offered in the MSNBC article up there.

[jean]

5. 'Pollsters can't survey cell phone-only users' - CNN article

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/15/polls.cellphones.ap/

About 5 percent of all households receive telephone service only by cellular phone, according to a face-to-face survey done earlier this year by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Among young adults up to age 24, the number is close to three times as high.

[Chef]

6. Cell Phones

I heard that Verizon claims 18%. Seems high.

[onehandle]

7. We have a land line, but it's only for our alarm system....

....emergencies, and guests. We never, ever answer it.

My wife and I are near 100% cel phone users.

[Hobo]

8. Me

Why pay for two phones?


Peace

Hobo

[doctor klahn]

9. Exactly

I only have a cell. Id like to get a land line for emergencies, but right now I have to cut costs as I recently went back to school and thus, have less money...

[jpak]

21. Me too

n/t

[MacDo]

10. No land line here

Only Cells

[smirkymonkey]

11. I do, as do many of my friends.

I live in NYC though, where Kerry has an overwhelming lead.

[karlrschneider]

12. A bunch, I imagine...we have both, have to keep the landline for internet,

no cable or DSL available out here in the boonies but I know several people who have cell only.

[Zen Democrat]

13. Me. And my sister. And my son.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. I know of 3 and they are all Democrats.

and I live in a city that is 60% Repub.

[Bandit]

15. There are 170,000,000 cell phones in America

That is literally half the population. How many have landlines as well is a good question. We do know that none of the cell phones get polled.

[Sinnerman]

19. Actually just under 200 Million.. I Work for Nextel

[ibleedblue]

16. On a similar note

Where do those of us who have a VoIP line count? I've been using VoIP for about 6 months now and dropped my landline the week after I started with Vonage. VoIPer's aren't 'traditional' phone users and as far as I know our numbers aren't publicly available. I imagine the overall percentage of VoIP users is well below cell users and is, statistically, a moot point.

[newyawker99]

34. Hi ibleedblue!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[laruemtt]

17. hubby and i as of a month ago

to save money. we're saving over $150 a month using just our cells.

[liberalitch]

18. Da man can't hold me down with no land line!

Actually my roommates screwed up my relationship with verizon....
so now I am fully mobile.
Even when I did have a LL I never got polled

[Emboldened Chimp]

20. I did for a while and still do, sort of...

The land line in my place is really my GF's, so my main phone remains a cell. Works for me.

[maxsolomon]

22. regardless; polling only gets those at home

shut ins, oldsters, stay at home moms.

no one has EVER polled us; we're gone by 7:30, home at 6. often out again by 8, and when we are home, if caller ID doesn't say its someone we know, we don't pick up during dinner. telemarketers, you know.

fuck polls.

[donheld]

23. I use a cell phone exclusively

I have a land line, but it has never had a phone connected to it. only a Computer. I'm sure i'm not the only one with this set up.

[GingerSnaps]

27. Is that expensive

A land line exclusively for your computer.

[ComerPerro]

24. I have a land line, but never answer it

At all. Unless its someone whose number I recognize, I just don't deal with it.

Although, one time the ID showed a number registered to "something"PAC, so I answered it in hopes that it would be a survey. But it was some bullshit about satellite TV.

[TexasSissy]

25. I read it's about 18% of the population (they're not all voters, though,

I imagine). The population of America, that is.

I read that in a news article by someone opining about polls.

[stanwyck]

26. I have 21-year old twins

and both use cells exclusively, as do their friends. And they're voting this year. For Kerry. Don't know how many thousands more like them. But they're not being accounted for in the polls.

[Fear]

28. Only cell phone :)

[slutticus]

29. Well...I'm one of them.

A couple of my friends too.

[SoCalDem]

30. Why do you think there is pressure to create a "directory" for cells?

Politics..They want to be able to reach out and annoy you..and to identify who you are and how many of you there are:)

[Samurai_Writer]

31. My son, and me, kind of...

My son only has a cel phone. I have a cel phone, and a home phone, but only because I use DSL. I NEVER use the home phone for calling, and the only time I pick it up is when I am expecting someone to call from my complex's security gate.

[Lady Effingbroke]

33. me - for the past 5 years.