Byline: Darren K. Carlson
Synopsis: "I think the last time I had a land line, it was in my dorm room in college." So says at least one 24-year old. Is he representative of a growing trend in phone usage? New research by The Gallup Panel reveals the answer to this and other questions.
When Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone more than 100 years ago, it's fair to assume that he didn't envision a wireless world. Nor could he have imagined the impact of the greatest innovation of the late 20th century -- the Internet -- on how people would come to consider and use his invention. Regardless, a wave of broadband or IP-based telephony is evident, and mobile phone ...