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Reliable home phone service in Athens-Clarke County, GA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 116,913
Total number of households with telephone service: 54,438
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,187
Number of senior citizens: 13,834
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,609
Number of cell towers: 16
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Athens-Clarke County, GA that doesn't require internet
Beechwood Hills, Boulevard, Cedar Creek, Chicopee-Dudley, Cobbham, Five Points, Forest Heights, Green Acres-Crestwood, Hancock, Homewood Hills, Normaltown, Pulaski Heights, Rocksprings, Southeast, Winterville and many more.
City Population: 116,913
Total number of households with telephone service: 54,438
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,187
Number of senior citizens: 13,834
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,609
Number of cell towers: 16
*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 Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA 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 3,458 seniors in Athens-Clarke County 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 Athens-Clarke County residents to cell towers. And Athens-Clarke County is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Athens-Clarke County, covering 116 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Athens-Clarke County to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Athens-Clarke County, not just the most populated zip codes like 30606, 30605, 30601.
Landline phone service usage in Athens-Clarke County is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 10.9% of Athens-Clarke County's 126,913 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,992 senior citizens in Manchester of the South still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,767 Athens-Clarke County residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Athens-Clarke County residents. 13.7% of Athens-Clarke County's 49,556 households do not have the internet at all, which means 6,789 households can't use internet-based landline service.
