The pay phone used to be on every block temping you to drop in a quarter, or at last gasp requesting you to slide in a prepaid card. Now, this once common way of communicating is almost history and it seems the home phone will eventually follow a similar path.
A recent poll by StatsCan reported that 13% of households have ditched their home phone to exclusively use a cellphone, this number is up from 8% in 2008. In a report today by The Convergence Group they not only forecast the new entrants to capture 4 million subs by the end of 2014, but it’s also their belief that more Canadians will forgo a home phone and simply use a cellphone. The main reason is due to the continued decrease in monthly voice plans. It’s estimated that by the end of this year two million Canadian households will have replaced their landline for a cellphone. “Lower wireless voice prices are spurring wireless substitution, which we forecast will grow to 26% year- end 2014, from 15% year-end 2011″
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Source: Convergence Group
Via: CBC
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