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Reliable home phone service in Bowie, MD that doesn't require internet
City Population: 58,643
Total number of households with telephone service: 6,800
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,360
Number of senior citizens: 8,738
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,806
Number of cell towers: 6
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Bowie, MD that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 58,643
Total number of households with telephone service: 6,800
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,360
Number of senior citizens: 8,738
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,806
Number of cell towers: 6
*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 Bowie, MD. 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 Bowie, MD 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 2,184 seniors in Bowie 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 Bowie residents to cell towers. And Bowie is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Bowie, covering 18 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Bowie to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Bowie, not just the most populated zip codes like 85122, 85194, 85193.
Landline phone service usage in Bowie is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.90% of Bowie's 58,643 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,680 senior citizens in Bowie still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,748 Bowie residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Bowie residents. 4.20% of Bowie's 20,822 households do not have the internet at all, which means 875 households can't use internet-based landline service.
