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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:11 AM Original message |
Who is the typical person without a landline? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just more active. Many active families and singles don't answer the land line; it's always spam. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I know people with landlines who don't know what their phone numbers are. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Heh. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. 31 white, m, alright job, haven't had a land line since college |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. i'm cell only, my internet connection is cable. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Same here |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. a better question is: |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. How many old white suburban homeowners do you know without landlines? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. i've been registered in every district i've moved to |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Raises hand. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. We do have a landline and can always tell when it is a robocall. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Are you a homeowner? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. I have one but it's never answered |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Um... more security? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Security may not be the right word but there is feedback (or maybe its called echo) |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. With the advent of VOIP why bother with landline..? |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Because of those lovely, lovely banks... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. But does DSL still work |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Something of an anal tonsillectomy, though. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. That's the main reason I'll never give up mine |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I've only gotten one telemarketer on my cell phone |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm on Social Security, own my home, educated and got ..... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Many people may not even have a phone at all |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Older white suburban homeowner here - no landline |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Landline works no matter what. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. We have a landline because it is cheaper and |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. What makes you think that cell phones work everywhere? |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Rural areas mostly |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. We have one but don't answer it unless |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think the demographic's broader. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm 72, white - no landline. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. the polls no longer reflect america...they are archaic |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Me. Married 32 yo male condo owner |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. No Landline for 4yrs. We're 58 & 62, retired, homeowners, white.. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't have a landline since I was able to get unlimed calling |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-14-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm white, female, well-off, and I just ditched mine. Oh, and a VERYVERYVERY likely voter. |
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