Asda is phasing out its landline handsets after a poll found that one in three people has given up using the home phone. We asked some people if they knew what their home phone number was
Callum Davies 21, chef Yes. I use it often to make catering orders. Customers call me on the landline, my friends call on the mobile.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonCharles Welling, 67, retired No. I did away with mine a while ago. My daughters, who I’m visiting in Colchester, have just done away with theirs.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonGloria MacAdam, 69, writer Yes. Three or four times a day. I know someone who doesn’t and I thought they were foolish.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonHelen Mason, 18, student No. At home we have one. I mainly call family - but a few years ago I’d use it to talk to friends.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonCornwall, London: Meghan Evely, 23, makeup artist No. I’ve got one but I’ve never used it. I don’t even know the number.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonRachel Byram, 43, company director Yes. And yes I do know the number. I call my mum on it, but I could manage without one.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonScott Cole, 40, sports coach No. I got rid of mine about five years ago. I just have a dongle to access the internet.Photograph: Graeme RobertsonSteve Wilson, 52, unemployed No. I’ve got a landline but I don’t ever use it.Photograph: Graeme Robertson
