Douglas Wolk, Contributor, Portfolio.com, Dual Perspectives

The Future of the Phone: The End of the Cell

April 23, 2009 at 12:02 am PT

Most Americans now have mobile phones, and a Nielsen Mobile report last year found that nearly one in five of us have cut the cord, abandoning our landline service entirely. Danny Kessler of Tempe, Arizona, is one of those people, except he has gone the next step: He recently gave up his cell-phone contract too. Kessler’s no hermit: He’s a 27-year-old personal-safety instructor who has to be in touch with his clients.

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