January 8, 2009 
Every year there are more and more people who only use mobile phones. A few months ago, you started seeing Sprint advertisements talking about how much you could save on their plan that gives you unlimited calls for $99 / mo. Now, this morning on CNN’s new money segment, the recommendation was to ditch your landline. They suggested that you could save $400+ per year doing this and who wouldn’t want that in today’s economy.
I think this is a great example of how the recession could fundamentally change our world by accelerating certain trends.
Enabling Healthy Decisions 
You present an interesting post on the cost of landlines that could even impact a medical practice’s bottom line. As an alternative to the landline, there are other reliable tools in addition to cell phones. For personal or business use, “voice-over-IP” (e.g. the internet) has not only phone services, but also the additional functionality to handle fax at a fraction of the cost.
I agree that the current economic situation (recession) may indeed motivate people and businesses to look into other, low cost alternatives.