Is the landline dead?

23 November 2015

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It seems the landline is dying with more and more people relying on a combination of their mobile phones and internet connections. But has it died yet? We last ran this poll in 2012 and wanted to see if anything's changed. How many of your (non-work) calls made and received are on your home phone compared to mobile/web calls?

It seems the landline is dying with more and more people relying on a combination of their mobile phones and internet connections. But has it died yet? We last ran this poll in 2012 and wanted to see if anything's changed.

How many of your (non-work) calls made and received are on your home phone compared to mobile/web calls?

Results

I'm aged under 25 (659 votes)

Don't have a home phone		223 votes (34%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		342 votes (52%)
Use home phone for under 40% of calls		47 votes (7%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		16 votes (2%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		13 votes (2%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		18 votes (3%)

I’m aged 25-34 (4277 votes)

Don't have a home phone		1172 votes (27%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		2533 votes (59%)
Use home phone for under 40% of calls		307 votes (7%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		111 votes (3%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		72 votes (2%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		82 votes (2%)

I’m aged 35-49 (9426 votes)

Don't have a home phone		919 votes (10%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		6098 votes (65%)
Use home phone for under 40% of calls		1027 votes (11%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		346 votes (4%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		409 votes (4%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		627 votes (7%)

I’m aged 50-64 (10365 votes)

Don't have a home phone		432 votes (4%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		4835 votes (47%)
Use home phone for under 40% of calls		1397 votes (13%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		519 votes (5%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		926 votes (9%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		2256 votes (22%)

I’m aged 65+ (6007 votes)

Don't have a home phone		110 votes (2%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		1309 votes (22%)
Use home phone for under 40% of calls		549 votes (9%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		287 votes (5%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		688 votes (11%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		3064 votes (51%)

                   30,734 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.