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Canadians continue to disconnect home phone lines


Tech | 208280 hits | Mar 31 7:04 am | Posted by: tritium
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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.

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  1. by Anonymous
    Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:10 pm
    Telus will soon be disconnected from my house. :twisted:

  2. by avatar 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.

  3. by avatar 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.

  4. by Canadian_Mind
    Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:38 pm
    In time they should make landlines free and keep them analogue for emergency situations.

  5. by avatar 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?

  6. by avatar 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

  7. by avatar Wada
    Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:10 pm
    Ummm. Fourth. Club sure, if you don't call me. I hate talking on the phone.

  8. by Lemmy
    Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:15 pm
    m

  9. by Canadian_Mind
    Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:16 pm
    Mine's currently busted, does that count?

  10. by avatar 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. :wink:

  11. 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 :P

  12. by avatar 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. :wink:

  13. 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. :wink:


    Sure; but you cover the material costs.

  14. by avatar 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.



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