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Reliable home phone service in Bend, OR that doesn't require internet
City Population: 100,421
Total number of households with telephone service: 44,620
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 12,093
Number of senior citizens: 16,871
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,279
Number of cell towers: 16
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Oregon
Reliable home phone service in Bend, OR that doesn't require internet
Awbrey Butte, Boyd Acres, Century West, Larkspur, Midtown, Mountain View, Old Farm District, Orchard District, River West, Southern Crossing, Summit West, Tamarack Park, Terra Linda, Three Pines, Westside and many more.
City Population: 100,421
Total number of households with telephone service: 44,620
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 12,093
Number of senior citizens: 16,871
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 9,279
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 Bend, OR. 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 Bend, OR 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 4,218 seniors in Bend 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 Bend residents to cell towers. And Bend is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Bend, covering 33 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Bend to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Bend, not just the most populated zip codes like 97007, 97006, 97701 .
Landline phone service usage in Bend is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 16.8% of Bend's 100,421 people are over the age of 65, which means about 10,966 senior citizens in Bend still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,374 Bendites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Bendites. 8.80% of Bend's 39,842 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,506 households can't use internet-based landline service.
