One in five US households are cellphone only

Families are cutting the proverbial landline cord in favor of wireless phones.
Considering the state of the economy, cutting wired voice services makes a lot of economic sense.

A recent survey by the National Center for Health Statistics shows not only has the percentage of wireless-only households exceeded the percentage of landline-only households, but wireless-only households increased 17 percent from the first half of 2008.

That's the largest increase in wireless-only households since NCHS started collecting this data, according to the report. While nearly 60 percent of households use both wireless and landline phone service, one in seven households receive all or most calls via cellphone.

Early last year even AT&T noted that landline customers were decreasing significantly.

Analysts say the end game is consumers are paying two bills for the same service. Which are you going to choose.. I’ll stick with the one I can take to the car.

And once cell phone companies stop holding users hostage with contracts and buy out fees, expect this number to increase dramatically.