Reliable home phone service in Cerritos, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 49,859
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,786
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,557
Number of senior citizens: 12,215
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,718
Number of cell towers: 15
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Cerritos, CA that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 49,859
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,786
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,557
Number of senior citizens: 12,215
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 6,718
Number of cell towers: 15
*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 Cerritos, 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 Cerritos, 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 3,054 seniors in Cerritos 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 Cerritos residents to cell towers. And Cerritos is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Cerritos, covering 9 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Cerritos to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Cerritos, not just the most populated zip codes like 59715, and 59718.
Landline phone service usage in Cerritos is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 24.50% of Cerritos's 49,859 people are over the age of 65, which means about 7,940 senior citizens in The Geographical Center of Southern California still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,443 Cerritos residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Cerritos residents. 5.80% of Cerritos's 15,406 households do not have the internet at all, which means 894 households can't use internet-based landline service.