# Poll: are you an exclusive cell phone user? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313 "2004-10-15T03:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/1 "2004-10-15T03:20:33Z")
Prompted by the question of whether or not cell phone users are making polls innacurate. This isn’t intended to start debate, just a straight-up poll. We already know the SDMB members (and internet poll-takers in general to a lesser degree) are left-leaning, and I wonder how many of us are pretty much wireless these days. 1)Are you an exclusive cell phone user? 2)Are you from the US and planning to vote? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/2 "2004-10-15T03:22:20Z")
1)Yup. 2)Yeah, and in a swing state, too. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/3 "2004-10-15T03:25:39Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes, and also in a swing state ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/4 "2004-10-15T03:27:06Z")
And to answer my own question 1. Yes. I do have a land line, but it’s only used for internet access and international calls, I don’t take calls on it. I’ve been doing this for a year and a half, and I don’t miss the telemarketers one bit. 2. Yes ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/5 "2004-10-15T03:43:03Z")
Yes and Yes ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/6 "2004-10-15T04:15:44Z")
Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/7 "2004-10-15T04:26:49Z")
Yes and Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/8 "2004-10-15T04:36:21Z")
Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/9 "2004-10-15T04:42:38Z")
Yes and Yes. I’ll note that I don’t think any of the people I know who graduated with me last year botherd to get landlines while I’ve never known anyone older then 30 to not have a landline, so I think that the group of people who rely only on cell phones are overwelmingly under 30. Allegorical evidence of course, but still several dozen people at least for which I can’t think of any exceptions. Perhaps folks could submit thier ages as well to see if this holds true. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/10 "2004-10-15T04:46:27Z")
1. Yes 2. Not from US ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/11 "2004-10-15T04:54:59Z")
Yes / Yes ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/12 "2004-10-15T04:59:30Z")
-Yes -Yes/Swing State ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/13 "2004-10-15T05:28:04Z")
1. Yes 2. Not from US (Age 22) I should add that technically I do actually have a land line at the moment. A phone comes with my dorm room here. Although, I don’t actually know the phone number to it, and never give it out except to my family who has the number. I do use it for internal calls though. At home, my family hasn’t had a land line for maybe 7 years now. So, that would be at least 2 people over 30 who are exclusive cell phone users. Although, largely I’m inclined to agree with **Malodorous** ’ theory about ages. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/14 "2004-10-15T05:30:33Z")
I use my cell phone exclusively, which helps save money on a line I wouldn’t use anyway. I am also planning to vote and in a state which, from what I have seen, is more swing than it used to be (Virginia), though I’m still fairly certain it will go to Bush. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/15 "2004-10-15T05:36:31Z")
Yes and yes. I’m over 30. I don’t remember the last time I called someone on a home landline, other than my parents. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/16 "2004-10-15T05:40:05Z")
That wasn’t clear. What I meant is that none of my friends have landlines either. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/17 "2004-10-15T06:11:45Z")
1. No (in fact I don’t have a mobile phone) 2. Not from the USA ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/18 "2004-10-15T06:58:03Z")
Neither myself nor **Althea** have a landline. We are voters in a swing state (WI). I’m 32 and she’s 26. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/19 "2004-10-15T07:29:30Z")
> [@snermy](#): > > 1)Are you an exclusive cell phone user? Yes, I became one a few months ago. > [@](#): > > 2)Are you from the US and planning to vote? Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/20 "2004-10-15T07:36:05Z")
Another double yes here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313.md?page=2)