We recently got our data back from our annual Benchmark survey of more than 60,000 adults in the US. The percentage who are disconnecting their home phone lines has grown tremendously. My hypothesis on most of these disconnects is that they are college students, kids just out of college sharing apartments, etc.

When my mother told me that she and her husband just disconnected, I was shocked. They have simply given up on the local fixed line company. They split their time between Ohio and Florida. The BSP's are different in each location. The BSP's (in Florida who "get this") allowing them to turn services on for six months of the year and then off again still have their business. Those which are inflexible don't. They have no home phone.