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Reliable home phone service in Birmingham, AL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 206,151
Total number of households with telephone service: 87,570
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 23,321
Number of senior citizens: 32,160
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 17,688
Number of cell towers: 87
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Alabama
Reliable home phone service in Birmingham, AL that doesn't require internet
Avondale, Cahaba Heights, Crestwood South, East Lake, Forest Park-South Avondale, Glen Iris, Highland Park, Huffman, Lakeview, North Avondale, Oak Ridge Park, Red Mountain, Roebuck-South East Lake, Southside, West End and many more.
City Population: 206,151
Total number of households with telephone service: 87,570
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 23,321
Number of senior citizens: 32,160
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 17,688
Number of cell towers: 87
*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 Birmingham, AL. 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 Birmingham, AL 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 8,040 seniors in Birmingham 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 Birmingham residents to cell towers. And Birmingham is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Birmingham, covering 146 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Birmingham to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Birmingham, not just the most populated zip codes like 35242, 36117, and 36695.
Landline phone service usage in Birmingham is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.6% of Birmingham's 206,151 people are over the age of 65, which means about 20,904 senior citizens in The Magic City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 6,432 Birminghamians completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Birminghamians. 23.30% of Birmingham's 91,598 households do not have the internet at all, which means 21,342 households can't use internet-based landline service.
