Reliable home phone service in Cupertino, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 59,276
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,089
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,418
Number of senior citizens: 8,595
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,727
Number of cell towers: 2
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in Cupertino, CA that doesn't require internet
Cupertino Village, Fairgrove, Garden Gate, Monta Vista, Oak Valley, Orchard Gardens, Rancho Rinconada, Reflections, Regnart Canyon, Serra, South of El Monte, The Oaks, Twin Creeks, Valley West, and West of Bubb and many more.
City Population: 59,276
Total number of households with telephone service: 27,089
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,418
Number of senior citizens: 8,595
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 4,727
Number of cell towers: 2
*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 Cupertino, 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 Cupertino, 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 2,149 seniors in Cupertino 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 Cupertino residents to cell towers. And Cupertino is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Cupertino, covering 11 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Cupertino to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Cupertino, not just the most populated zip codes like 17603, 17601, 17602.
Landline phone service usage in Cupertino is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.50% of Cupertino's 59,276 people are over the age of 65, which means about 5,587 senior citizens in Cupertino still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,719 Cupertino residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Cupertino residents. 6.30% of Cupertino's 20,506 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,292 households can't use internet-based landline service.