MSNBC is running an article that describes how wired phones are increasingly irrelevant to today’s college students. Some colleges are considering getting rid of land lines in campus housing all together with some surprisingly financial implications. At American University:

Five years ago, the school made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on long-distance service, said Carl Whitman, executive director of the Office of Information Technology. Last semester, the school made $1,109.

That’s a pretty dramatic turnaround and it points to the increasingly digital and mobile lifestyle of today’s young people. (Seen on Slashdot.)