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Reliable home phone service in Berwyn, IL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 54,391
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,857
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,971
Number of senior citizens: 6,799
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,739
Number of cell towers: 15
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Illinois
Reliable home phone service in Berwyn, IL that doesn't require internet
Berwyn Gardens, Depot District, Gold Coast, Havenshire, Heritage, LaVergne, Morton College, North Berwyn Park, North Riverside Gardens, Proksa Park, Riverside Gardens, South Berwyn, South Harvey Avenue, South Oak Park Avenue, West Morton and many more.
City Population: 54,391
Total number of households with telephone service: 24,857
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,971
Number of senior citizens: 6,799
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,739
Number of cell towers: 15
*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 Berwyn, IL. 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 Berwyn, IL 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 1,700 seniors in Berwyn 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 Berwyn residents to cell towers. And Berwyn is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Berwyn, covering 4 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Berwyn to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Berwyn, not just the most populated zip codes like 77642, 77640.
Landline phone service usage in Berwyn is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.50% of Berwyn's 54,391 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,419 senior citizens in The City of Homes still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,360 Berwyn residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Berwyn residents. 12.50% of Berwyn's 18,277 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,285 households can't use internet-based landline service.
