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Reliable home phone service in Binghamton, NY that doesn't require internet
City Population: 44,399
Total number of households with telephone service: 20,290
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,058
Number of senior citizens: 7,015
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,858
Number of cell towers: 14
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Binghamton, NY that doesn't require internet
Binghamton University, Chenango Bridge, Crestview Heights, Downtown Binghamton, Eastwood Heights, Endicott, First Ward, Johnson City, Kattelville, Southside, The Heights, The Hill, Vestal, West Side, Westover and many more.
City Population: 44,399
Total number of households with telephone service: 20,290
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,058
Number of senior citizens: 7,015
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,858
Number of cell towers: 14
*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 Binghamton, NY. 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 Binghamton, NY 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 1,754 seniors in Binghamton 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 Binghamton residents to cell towers. And Binghamton is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Binghamton, covering 10 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Binghamton to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Binghamton, not just the most populated zip codes like 50322, 50131, 50323.
Landline phone service usage in Binghamton is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.80% of Binghamton's 44,399 people are over the age of 65, which means about 4,560 senior citizens in The Parlor City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,403 Binghamtonians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Binghamtonians. 20.10% of Binghamton's 20,052 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,030 households can't use internet-based landline service.
