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Reliable home phone service in Allen, TX that doesn't require internet
City Population: 105,623
Total number of households with telephone service: 37,461
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,415
Number of senior citizens: 9,506
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,228
Number of cell towers: 9
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Allen, TX that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 105,623
Total number of households with telephone service: 37,461
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,415
Number of senior citizens: 9,506
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,228
Number of cell towers: 9
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Allen, TX. Community Phone allows you to keep your landline phone without internet or copper wire.
In fact, Community Phone is the only landline phone service in Allen, TX that does not require internet. Other service providers such as Spectrum, AT&T, and Verizon require an internet connection or a bundle package with cable or internet.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 2,377 seniors in Allen don't want their primary phone service tied to their internet, even if they do have internet.
Community Phone works by connecting the landline phones of Allen residents to cell towers. And Allen is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Allen, covering 26 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Allen to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Allen, not just the most populated zip codes like 75002, 75013.
Landline phone service usage in Allen is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 9.0% of Allen's 105,623 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,179 senior citizens in Allen still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,901 Allen residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Allen residents. 3.0% of Allen's 33,649 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,009 households can't use internet-based landline service.
