The numbers behind the disappearance of landlines

    April 10, 2012
    Sales numbers from major phone carriers indicate disappearance of landlines
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    Seeing these phone lines when installing your customers' alarm systems is going to be more rare because landline sales are plummeting.
    Seeing these phone lines when installing your customers' alarm systems is going to be more rare because landline sales are plummeting.

    There are more indications that the days of landlines/POTS/plain-old-telephone-service are numbered, including these statistics from a CNN.com article:

    "Verizon's landline revenue has fallen 19% since 2007, and AT&T's is down 16.5% over same period."

    And this, from the same article:

    "Nearly 32% of American homes are now cell phone-only households -- double the rate from 2008 and nearly triple that of 2007, according to a recent government study."

    It's not a surprise in this industry at all. How many of your new alarm system installs are communicating over cellular, proprietary wireless, or IP?

    About the Author

    Geoff Kohl | Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher

    Geoff Kohl is the Marketing Director for the Security Industry Association (SIA). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of SecurityInfoWatch.com