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Cellphone "refuseniks" are a small but proud bunch
Not so long ago, we all lived in a world in which we decided where to meet friends before leaving the house and we hiked to the nearest pay phone if we got a flat tire. Then we got cellphones.
Well, not everyone. For a hardy few who choose to ignore cellphones, life is a pocketful of quarters, missed connections and a smug satisfaction of marching to a different ring tone.
After 20 years, 85 percent of adult Americans have cellphones, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Those who still do not have them, according to Pew, tend to be older or less-educated Americans or those unable to afford phones.
Cellphone "refuseniks" probably account for less than 5 percent of those who do not have cellphones, said John Horrigan, consumer-research director at the National Broadband Task Force.
"The cell refuseniks are making a statement that they control their availability," Horrigan said.
