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Reliable home phone service in Appleton, WI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 74,098
Total number of households with telephone service: 33,863
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,773
Number of senior citizens: 11,113
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,195
Number of cell towers: 11
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Reliable home phone service in Appleton, WI that doesn't require internet
Apple Creek Estates, Apple Hill Farms, Appleton Highlands, Badger Meadows, Brookwood Estates, East Edgewood Acres, Fairview Estates, Highview Estates, Kimberly Heights, Northland Avenue, Richmond Terrace, South Park, Timbercrest, Walden, West Prospect and many more.
City Population: 74,098
Total number of households with telephone service: 33,863
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,773
Number of senior citizens: 11,113
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,195
Number of cell towers: 11
*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 Appleton, WI. 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 Appleton, WI 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 2,816 seniors in Appleton 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 Appleton residents to cell towers. And Appleton is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Appleton, covering 24 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Appleton to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Appleton, not just the most populated zip codes like 54915, 54914, 54911.
Landline phone service usage in Appleton is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.2% of Appleton's 74,098 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,321 senior citizens in the Home of Honored Veterans still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,253 Wisconsinites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Wisconsinites. 12.00% of Appleton's 29,729 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,567 households can't use internet-based landline service.
