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Reliable home phone service in Atlanta, GA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 532,695
Total number of households with telephone service: 232,720
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 45,232
Number of senior citizens: 61,793
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 33,986
Number of cell towers: 233
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Georgia
Reliable home phone service in Atlanta, GA that doesn't require internet
Ansley Park, Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Candler Park, East Atlanta, Grant Park, Inman Park, Kirkwood, Midtown Atlanta, Morningside/Lenox Park, Old Fourth Ward, Peachtree Heights East, Reynoldstown, Virginia Highland, West End and many more.
City Population: 532,695
Total number of households with telephone service: 232,720
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 45,232
Number of senior citizens: 61,793
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 33,986
Number of cell towers: 233
*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 Atlanta, 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 Atlanta, 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 15,448 seniors in Atlanta 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 Atlanta residents to cell towers. And Atlanta is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Atlanta, covering 133 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Atlanta to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Atlanta, not just the most populated zip codes like 30044, 30043, 30024.
Landline phone service usage in Atlanta is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 11.6% of Atlanta's 532,695 people are over the age of 65, which means about 40,165 senior citizens in The Big Peach still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 12,359 Atlantans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Atlantans. 14.30% of Atlanta's 215,179 households do not have the internet at all, which means 30,771 households can't use internet-based landline service.
