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More Illinoisans Tossing Landline Phones

Flickr user / Milica Sekulic "Mobile Phone" (CC BY 2.0)

State data show that about half of Illinois households only have wireless phone service.

The Illinois Commerce Commission says 48 percent of households in the state relied on wireless-only service at the end of last year.

Landline use has dropped 36 percent in Illinois from 2005 to 2014. There are about 5 million landline users in Illinois, including Internet- and cable-based lines.

The state has about 13 million wireless subscribers, the commission estimates.