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The government said last week that the number of cell phone subscribers in the United States has reached 181.1 million – exceeding the number of US land lines (177.9 million) for the first time.

Ten years ago, there were just 25 million cell phone subscribers. This year, the number of expected to pass 200 million.

And one more statistic worth noting – about six percent of phone customers have decided to drop their land line services and use only cell phones.
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