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About 35 percent of adults in Arkansas and Mississippi have cellphones and lack traditional wired telephones, according to estimates released Wednesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Utah, which was at 16.8 percent in 2007, is at 24.4 percent wireless-only today. In New Jersey and Rhode Island, that figure is only 13 percent.
"The answer’s obvious. No one has money here," said John Daigle, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Mississippi who has had broad experience in the telecommunications industry. "If they can do without a landline, they’ll do it to save money."
That matches the conclusion of Stephen Blumberg, a senior CDC scientist and an author of the survey. Over the years, Blumberg has found that lower-income people are likelier than the better off to only have a cellphone. Younger people and renters are also among the quickest to shed traditional landlines and use only wireless phones.
About 35 percent of adults in Arkansas and Mississippi have cellphones and lack traditional wired telephones, according to estimates released Wednesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Utah, which was at 16.8 percent in 2007, is at 24.4 percent wireless-only today. In New Jersey and Rhode Island, that figure is only 13 percent.
"The answer’s obvious. No one has money here," said John Daigle, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Mississippi who has had broad experience in the telecommunications industry. "If they can do without a landline, they’ll do it to save money."
That matches the conclusion of Stephen Blumberg, a senior CDC scientist and an author of the survey. Over the years, Blumberg has found that lower-income people are likelier than the better off to only have a cellphone. Younger people and renters are also among the quickest to shed traditional landlines and use only wireless phones.
