# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/21 "2004-10-15T07:47:45Z")
I’m in the US and I’m voting, but I don’t have _any_ phone right now. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/22 "2004-10-15T08:30:48Z")
1)No 2)Yes/Yes (Calfornia, though, so it doesn’t much matter). ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/23 "2004-10-15T08:37:21Z")
1)Are you an exclusive cell phone user? Yes 2)Are you from the US and planning to vote? Yes and yes. I’m in a “soft Kerry” state (PA). Age: 23 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/24 "2004-10-15T09:10:30Z")
1)Are you an exclusive cell phone user? I was for a couple of years. I have a home office with a landline now, but I still use the cell phone exclusively for personal use. 2)Are you from the US and planning to vote? Yes, and yes, in a swing state. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/25 "2004-10-15T12:38:05Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes/No ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/26 "2004-10-15T12:43:35Z")
I’m an exclusive cell phone user, and I’m planning to vote. I’m also quite a bit over 30. I moved a few years ago (within New York City, from Manhattan to Brooklyn). I’d had a land line and a cell phone before that, but I didn’t get around to calling the phone company and getting a new land line right away after my move, and then I noticed that I was doing just fine without the land line, so I didn’t bother. Why pay two phone bills? ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/27 "2004-10-15T12:47:22Z")
Yes Yes (Not a swing state) ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/28 "2004-10-15T12:50:39Z")
1. Yes. 2. Yes, in Palm Beach County, Florida. Same answers for **SuaSponte** and we’re both over 30. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/29 "2004-10-15T12:56:47Z")
Yes (have one, don’t answer it, machine and Telezapper guard us) Yes, over 30, broward county florida (for the next 30 days) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/30 "2004-10-15T13:14:47Z")
1. Yes- for the purposes of this poll because I have a landline but don’t answer calls on it unless I recognize the caller’s number. 2. I will be voting. I’m in the USA but not in any state. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/31 "2004-10-15T13:17:43Z")
No. In fact, up until a couple weeks ago, the only reason I had a cell phone is that Mr. Athena uses one for his work line (ie, he works at home, and wanted a separate phone # to use so work calls wouldn’t come to our home #) and he could get a second phone on the same plan for relatively cheap. The damn thing didn’t work worth a damn. We recently switched to a new plan, and I like this phone better. Still, though, I hate phones in general. If I could get away with not having a land line OR a cell phone, I would. 34 years old. Yes, I’ll vote. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/32 "2004-10-15T13:28:56Z")
No. Not yet, at least. Mrs. Redwing won’t let me get rid of the land line, at least until the new cell carrier proves itself more reliable than Sprint did. Yes/Yes (Not that it makes much difference at the Presidential level here) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/33 "2004-10-15T13:54:19Z")
1. Wireless user here. No land line at home at all. 2. Yes I plan to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/34 "2004-10-15T14:12:22Z")
Yes, the cell plan is cheaper and I never miss calls. Yes, [GO BADNARIK!](http://badnarik.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Graycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Graycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graycat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/35 "2004-10-15T14:19:24Z")
No, my house is in a cellular service hole, so we use landline at home and cell out and about. Yes, and I’ve already voted absentee. I actually did get one of those automated polls call me, but I ended up hanging up on it because it wouldn’t allow individual responses and the programmed ones were very loaded. ---
**Author:** ![Anaxagoras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anaxagoras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaxagoras)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/36 "2004-10-15T14:40:28Z")
No land line. Haven’t had a land line in over five years. Wouldn’t consider a land line – I _hate_ telemarketers – unless I couldn’t get internet access any other way – and I wouldn’t move to a place unless I knew I could get high-speed internet access through cable or DSL. Registered voter. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/37 "2004-10-15T14:46:31Z")
> [@snermy](#): > > 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… > > 2. Yes Ditto and ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/38 "2004-10-15T14:47:02Z")
Yes, cell only. Yes, but in a solidly red state. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/39 "2004-10-15T15:04:32Z")
Yes - couldn’t take the telemarketers and the sneaky add-on charges. Yes - although my vote is the kiss of death. 54 years old ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313/40 "2004-10-15T15:13:01Z")
No. But in another twist, I have caller ID. So I don’t take unknown calls. Several pollsters _have_ called. I do plan to vote. In Minnesota. A swing state. I’m 37. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-an-exclusive-cell-phone-user/269313.md?page=3)