Well, as we've seen by some respondents here, they ported their landline numbers to their cell phones, so it's not impossible to carry your home number with you. I wonder if it's possible to also just port a phone number from a landline to another place landline. It's becoming mostly software anyway.
I suppose this is just anecdotal evidence, so you can take it with a grain of salt, but I've seen both behaviors across all ages: both people who scream bloody murder their phone numbers will change and people like me who think it's not a big deal and also for both cell phones and landlines -- by now multiple metro areas had lively arguments pro- and con- splitting the phones into new area codes or adding overlays. Some areas, like Boston, just got new area codes for the 'burbs, some places added overlays. Although I think here cell phones did a bit of both depending on the carriers.
If I'm allowed to make up answers, I'd say that my perception is that the businesses were the first to scream bloody murder about the number changes (no surprise, the older the business, the harder it is) and then people got the idea that changing their phone numbers might be a big deal for them too.
For me, I think I'm of the electronic age even though I'm nearly 50 years old. When my phone number changes, I just email my entire set of friends and tell them so. Also, that's what the phone directories and directory assistance is for, but then again, I'm fortunate enough that I'm not being stalked, so I can list my phone number (I have friends that have restraining orders against nasty people and can't do what I do, for example).
Still, I suppose it's pretty obvious there are all kinds of people. I hope you get your answers as to what percentages they fall into, good luck!
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Date: 2009-09-16 09:56 am (UTC)I suppose this is just anecdotal evidence, so you can take it with a grain of salt, but I've seen both behaviors across all ages: both people who scream bloody murder their phone numbers will change and people like me who think it's not a big deal and also for both cell phones and landlines -- by now multiple metro areas had lively arguments pro- and con- splitting the phones into new area codes or adding overlays. Some areas, like Boston, just got new area codes for the 'burbs, some places added overlays. Although I think here cell phones did a bit of both depending on the carriers.
If I'm allowed to make up answers, I'd say that my perception is that the businesses were the first to scream bloody murder about the number changes (no surprise, the older the business, the harder it is) and then people got the idea that changing their phone numbers might be a big deal for them too.
For me, I think I'm of the electronic age even though I'm nearly 50 years old. When my phone number changes, I just email my entire set of friends and tell them so. Also, that's what the phone directories and directory assistance is for, but then again, I'm fortunate enough that I'm not being stalked, so I can list my phone number (I have friends that have restraining orders against nasty people and can't do what I do, for example).
Still, I suppose it's pretty obvious there are all kinds of people. I hope you get your answers as to what percentages they fall into, good luck!