How Consumers Connect Today

  • Less than 5% of residential customers still use copper-based landlines.
  • Less than 2% of Americans rely exclusively on a landline.
  • Nearly 80% of adults live in wireless-only households.

While roughly one-quarter of homes may still have a landline, most plug-in phones today operate over digital fiber, cable, or wireless networks.

Consumers have already transitioned. Public policy should reflect that reality.

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