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Reliable home phone service in Cathedral City, CA that doesn't require internet
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Reliable home phone service in Cathedral City, CA that doesn't require internet
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Cathedral City, 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 Cathedral City, 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 2,420 seniors in Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City residents to cell towers. And Cathedral City is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Cathedral City, covering 22 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Cathedral City to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Cathedral City, not just the most populated zip codes like 72712.
Landline phone service usage in Cathedral City is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 17.60% of Cathedral City's 55,007 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,293 senior citizens in Cat City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,936 Cathedral City residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Cathedral City residents. 14.60% of Cathedral City's 19,716 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,879 households can't use internet-based landline service.
