Is the landline dead?

24 April 2016

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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? How many of your (non-work) calls made and received are on your home phone compared with 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?

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

Results

I'm aged under 25 (638 votes)

Don't have a home phone		250 votes (39%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		323 votes (51%)
Use home phone for fewer than 40% of calls		35 votes (5%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		15 votes (2%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		7 votes (1%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		8 votes (1%)

I’m aged 25-34 (3827 votes)

Don't have a home phone		1209 votes (32%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		2244 votes (59%)
Use home phone for fewer than 40% of calls		222 votes (6%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		56 votes (1%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		42 votes (1%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		54 votes (1%)

I’m aged 35-49 (7686 votes)

Don't have a home phone		763 votes (10%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		5369 votes (70%)
Use home phone for fewer than 40% of calls		716 votes (9%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		192 votes (2%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		258 votes (3%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		388 votes (5%)

I’m aged 50-64 (8916 votes)

Don't have a home phone		420 votes (5%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		4738 votes (53%)
Use home phone for fewer than 40% of calls		1179 votes (13%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		397 votes (4%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		628 votes (7%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		1554 votes (17%)

I’m aged 65+ (5115 votes)

Don't have a home phone		88 votes (2%)
Never/rarely use the home phone for calls		1321 votes (26%)
Use home phone for fewer than 40% of calls		518 votes (10%)
Roughly half of calls are via home phone		234 votes (5%)
Use home phone for more than 60% of calls		562 votes (11%)
Use home phone for all/almost all calls		2392 votes (47%)

                   26,182 votes received.

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