Reliable home phone service in Carson, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 55,916
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,554
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,111
Number of senior citizens: 11,351
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,243
Number of cell towers: 13
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Carson, CA that doesn't require internet
Carson Highlands, Carson North, Clear Creek, College, Eagle Valley, Empire, Glenview, Lakeview, Lompa Ranch, Northeast, Northwest, Seeliger, Silver Oak, South Carson, West Side and many more.
City Population: 55,916
Total number of households with telephone service: 25,554
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,111
Number of senior citizens: 11,351
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,243
Number of cell towers: 13
*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 Carson, CA. 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 Carson, CA 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 3,907 seniors in Carson 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 Carson residents to cell towers. And Carson is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Carson, covering 19 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Carson to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Carson, not just the most populated zip codes like 90745, 90810, 90746.
Landline phone service usage in Carson is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.1% of Carson's 91,394 people are over the age of 65, which means about 10,158 senior citizens in Stinky City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,126 Carsonites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Carsonites. 9.50% of Carson's 24,882 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,364 households can't use internet-based landline service.