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Though the abandonment of landlines is (as popular stereotype would suggest) a phenomenon that skews young, it has also become more common among the not-as-young. Based on a new analysis of four surveys conducted since last October, Harris Interactive reports that 17 percent of consumers age 30-39 have only a cell phone, as do 9 percent of the 40-49s, 6 percent of the 50-64s and 5 percent of those 65-plus. Among 18-29-year-olds, the figure is 32 percent.

The polling finds that 89 percent of adults have a cell phone, more than the 79 percent who have a landline.

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