Last May we reported that one in five Americans had ditched their landlines and had decided to go cell phone only. Over a year later, it's time for an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who report that number has climbed to 25-percent, or one in four Americans that have cut the cord for good.The number of homes with both a cell phone and a traditional landline has held steady at six out of every ten since roughly 2007 according to the CDC's figures. But as more people go wireless only, the number of those who just rely on a landline has shrunk dramatically to just 15-percent of households, or half of what it was in 2006.
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