Until a few months ago, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay freshman Kate Higgins was a rarity: Unlike an estimated 88% of college students in the country, she didnâ??t have a cell phone.
Kate Higgins, 18, of Milwaukee, checks her e-mail Thursday at the Wauwatosa Public Library. A laptop and cell phone became necessities for Higgins while at UW-Green Bay, where landlines in dormitories will be disconnected this fall.
Higgins, 18, kept in touch with her family in Milwaukee the old-fashioned way â?? a call home once a week from the landline in her on-campus apartment.
But last winter, Higgins heard the news: The university would soon disconnect landlines in residence halls and use the savings to pay for something more useful, like wireless Internet.