Reliable home phone service in Bentonville, AR that doesn't require internet
City Population: 54,909
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,093
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,019
Number of senior citizens: 4,283
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,356
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Arkansas
Reliable home phone service in Bentonville, AR that doesn't require internet
Ashton Place, Brighton Heights, Downtown Bentonville, Edgewood Acres, Foxfire, Hidden Springs, Highlands Crossing, Kensington, Lake Bentonville, Oak Tree, Park Springs, Quail Hollow, Silverado Estates, Stonehenge, The Woods and many more.
City Population: 54,909
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,093
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,019
Number of senior citizens: 4,283
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,356
Number of cell towers: 7
*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 Bentonville, AR. 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 Bentonville, AR 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 1,071 seniors in Bentonville 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 Bentonville residents to cell towers. And Bentonville is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Bentonville, covering 31 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Bentonville to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Bentonville, not just the most populated zip codes like 30035, 30038, and 30058.
Landline phone service usage in Bentonville is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 7.80% of Bentonville's 54,909 people are over the age of 65, which means about 2,784 senior citizens in Vendorville still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 857 Arkansans completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Arkansans. 20.80% of Bentonville's 19,178 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,989 households can't use internet-based landline service.