Consumers Are Replacing Their Home Phones with Cell Phones, According to Latest Large-Scale National Survey -- MetaFacts' Technology User Profile 2003 Annual Edition.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ENCINITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003 An increasing number of U.S. households are replacing their home telephone lines with cellular phones, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the recently released 2003 edition of Technology User Profile. "Consumers are pulling the plug," said Dan Ness, principal analyst with MetaFacts. "Nationwide, nearly one in thirty (3.5%) households with Home PCs have no phone line, up from 2.4% only one year ago and 0.3% the year before that. Although this number may seem small, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have part of a growing trend that we spotted the year before. At the same time, the 2-line household is in decline, decreasing to less than one fourth (23.2%) from 26.5% the year before." MetaFacts further reported that in PC-using homes with only one person, the percent with no phone line has increased to 5.0%, up markedly from 2.3% in 2002. Additional related results were released on MetaFacts' Web site, www.metafacts.com. The Technology User Profile study provides a detailed profile of how Americans use technology products such as computers, printers, digital cameras, the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , cellular phones and others. The 2003 edition of the study includes results from 11,175 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. , which makes it possible to leverage the service's database for sizing, demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. , segmentation, profiling, analysis and custom surveying. About MetaFacts Inc.: MetaFacts Inc. is a full-service full-ser·vice adj. Associated with or offering complete service: full-service gasoline pumps; full-service banks. market research firm focusing exclusively on the technology industries. MetaFacts' Technology User Profile survey is the longest running, largest and most comprehensive study of its kind, with over 20 years of continuous research. The detailed results are widely recognized as a primary marketing resource for companies providing consumer-oriented technology products and services, such as PCs, printers, mobile devices and related services and products. More information on obtaining results from Technology User Profile can be obtained by visiting www.technologyuser.com, www.technologyuser.com/pages/info/tup_dates/tupan03_pull_plug.htm or calling 760-635-4300. MetaFacts and Technology User Profile are registered trademarks and service marks of MetaFacts Inc. |
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