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Reliable home phone service in Apex, NC that doesn't require internet
City Population: 59,300
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,100
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,420
Number of senior citizens: 4,685
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,577
Number of cell towers: 8
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
North Carolina
Reliable home phone service in Apex, NC that doesn't require internet
Abbington, Apex Barbecue Road, Beaver Creek, Bella Casa, Brittany Trace, Greenbrier, Haddon Place, Heritage Pointe, Kelly Glen, Miramonte, Salem Village, Scotts Mill, The Villages of Apex, Waterford Green, and White Oak Creek and many more.
City Population: 59,300
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,100
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,420
Number of senior citizens: 4,685
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,577
Number of cell towers: 8
*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 Apex, NC. 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 Apex, NC 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 1,171 seniors in Apex 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 Apex residents to cell towers. And Apex is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Apex, covering 15 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Apex to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Apex, not just the most populated zip codes like 48067, 48068, 48073.
Landline phone service usage in Apex is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 7.90% of Apex's 59,300 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,045 senior citizens in Peak City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 937 Apexians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Apexians. 4.80% of Apex's 19,228 households do not have the internet at all, which means 923 households can't use internet-based landline service.
