said by Mr Matt:One of the reasons that homeowners do not use their landlines is that they use their cell phones for long distance calls and even short distance, long distance calls. The issue is that most customers do not change their wireless telephone number when they move to a different city or rate center, to a local number, so the only way to reach the wireless customer is to place a long distance call even if the called person is living next door.
I do not understand why the wire line carriers did not simply lower the price for service in order to attract more customers. The only choice the wire line carriers offer customers now is high priced bundles. Those customers wanting to order services alacarte find the individual cost is prohibitive. Wire line carriers have also included crap charges to inflate the price of service. If the wire line carriers offered competitive pricing wireless service might still have remained a luxury.
Wireless is more profitable, less regulated and there is none of the costs associated with wires, among other things. Customers defecting to wireless on their own is a win/win for the big boys.