The more Americans abandon it to go mobile-only or makephonecalls over the internet, the more fragile it becomes: its high fixed costs have to be spread over ever fewer subscribers.
Users will be able to make and receive calls from their Bluetooth-enabled mobile, Cisco Unified IP Phone, Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone or Cisco Cius and can switch among the endpoints as they change location.
Back in 1998, I remember marveling at high school students choosing to text one another rather than makephonecalls, updating their friends with their "status" and even taking pictures with their mobile phones.