Age is naturally a factor—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years.
年龄自然是一个因素，现在只有58%的 Y 世代的人们还时不时地用到座机，相比之下，有84%的婴儿潮世代的人们，家里的电话号码已经50年没有变了。
But copper landlines are now an obsolete technology.
但是铜质电话线如今已成为过时的技术。
All this would not matter much, were it not for the fact that many businesses depend on landlines.
这些看上去似乎无关紧要，然而事实是许多行业都依赖固定线路。
And, of course, it's deadly for the phone companies with a legacy business providing traditional landlines.
当然，对于那些提供传统陆线(landlines)电信服务的电话公司来说，打击是更为致命的。
Today the nation of 1.3 billion people has 271 million landlines and 647 million mobile-phone subscriptions.
今天，这个13亿人口的国家拥有2.710亿固定电话和6.47亿移动电话用户。
TruPhone charges you to make calls to landlines or regular cell phones, but generally at better rates than most wireless carriers.
当你打电话给座机或普通的手机时TruPhone会向你收费，但是比大多数无线运营商更便宜。
A discussion of the broad and hidden consequences of having only landlines, only cell phones, or a mixture of the two is welcomed.
这个讨论是关于单独使用固定电话或者单独使用移动电话，或者混合使用两种电话带来的广泛或潜在的影响。
Americans are dropping landlines in droves and wireless revenue growth has fallen sharply now that most people have mobile phones (see chart).
美国人正一窝蜂地抛弃座机而鉴于绝大部分人都已经有了手机，无线市场的收益增长也在急速下滑(见表格)。
In these difficult times ever more Americans are heeding this advice and dropping their telephone landlines in favour of mobile phones (see article).
在这个不景气的年代，越来越多的美国人弃用固定电话而改用移动电话。
It is also likely to lead to higher bills for captive customers such as businesses with switchboards, which cannot do away with their landlines so easily.
这也很有可能使很多被迫型客户的账单猛涨，比如那些设有总机的企业，它们要摆脱固定电话可没那么容易。
This Internet telephony service allows you to make free computer-to-computer calls, as well as low-cost international calls to landlines and mobiles via the web.
这项网络电话服务可以免费进行计算机之间的通话，同时通过网络与国外的固定电话和手机通话的费用也不高。
Users will be able to make free Skype calls to other Skype users, and will also be able to make cheaper calls to landlines and other mobile phones, even when they're abroad.
用户即使在国外，既可与其它Skype用户实现免费通话，也能对座机或其它手机实现费用低廉呼叫。
Users will be able to make free Skype calls to other Skype users, and will also be able to make cheaper calls to landlines and other mobile phones, even when they're abroad.
用户即使在国外，既可与其它Skype用户实现免费通话，也能对座机或其它手机实现费用低廉呼叫。
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