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Reliable home phone service in Carmel, IN that doesn't require internet
City Population: 101,068
Total number of households with telephone service: 39,994
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,548
Number of senior citizens: 13,947
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,671
Number of cell towers: 21
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Carmel, IN that doesn't require internet
Ashbrooke, Austin Oaks, Brookshire, Foster Estates, Foster Grove, Hayden Run, Lakes at Hazel Dell, Mohawk Crossing, Prairie View, Shelborne Greene, Springmill Crossing, Springmill Ponds, Village of Mt Carmel, West Clay, Woodland Springs and many more.
City Population: 101,068
Total number of households with telephone service: 39,994
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 10,548
Number of senior citizens: 13,947
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,671
Number of cell towers: 21
*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 Carmel, IN. 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 Carmel, IN 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 3,487 seniors in Carmel 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 Carmel residents to cell towers. And Carmel is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Carmel, covering 47 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Carmel to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Carmel, not just the most populated zip codes like 46032, 46033, 46074.
Landline phone service usage in Carmel is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.8% of Carmel's 101,068 people are over the age of 65, which means about 9,066 senior citizens in Roundabout Capital of the World still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,789 Carmelites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Carmelites. 3.80% of Carmel's 37,369 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,420 households can't use internet-based landline service.
