Europeans ditch landline phones, use PCs to make Internet phone calls

The EU has conducted a survey of 27,000 households in 27 countries and the results are astounding: 24 percent of EU households have given up fixed telephone lines in favor of mobile phones. In the new Member states, that number is even higher: 39 percent. The landline infrastructure in many eastern European countries is poor so residents have simply moved to the mobile phone. Here’s another interesting statistic: 22 percent use their computer to make calls over the Internet (long live Skype). M