Care for a game of leapfrog?
The Lexington Herald-Leader is up with a story about cellphone-only households. You can find it HERE.
As I looked through the list of the top states with cellphone-only households, I noticed that they all shared some similar traits. Namely, they were or had large areas of rural land, probably with poor telecommunications infrastructure overall. Sound like anywhere in Kentucky outside the major cities?
Cellphone technology is one of those interesting subjects that stuck with me after my college economics classes. Namely, how it is often classified as a “leapfrog” technology in that areas that were not previously served by landline telephone service could leapfrog over 1900s-era landline technology straight to the 2000s-era cellphone technology. The advantage of cellphones versus landlines is that because it is a radio (or wireless) technology, there is not necessarily a need for developed roads, electrical grids, or phone wires. Local base stations can be powered remotely by generator or by local power. This makes the capital investment needed to provide service much lower. Expect to see the number of cellphone-only households continue to increase.
