These days, more and more people are so attached to their cell phones that they've decided they don't need a landline at home.
The FCC tells us the number of landline customers in Michigan was around 7 million in 2000. By 2012, that number had dropped to about 3 million.
And, during that same 12-year stretch, the number of wireless phones more than doubled from nearly 4 million to more than 9 million.
A bill sponsored by Battle Creek Republican Senator Mike Nofs is working its way through the State Senate. It would allow phone companies to phase out traditional landline service beginning in 2017, letting phone companies discontinue the service to homes so long as some type of newer phone service is offered, such as voice-over Internet Protocol.
Many in Michigan might just shrug that off: They've already dropped their landlines. But others are deeply concerned.
Matt Resch, public affairs director for Michigan AT&T, and Melissa Seifert, the Associate State Director of the Michigan AARP, joined us today to talk about Senate Bill 636.
Listen to the full interview above.
