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Reliable home phone service in Danbury, CT that doesn't require internet
City Population: 84,694
Total number of households with telephone service: 38,705
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,741
Number of senior citizens: 12,789
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,034
Number of cell towers: 7
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Connecticut
Reliable home phone service in Danbury, CT that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 84,694
Total number of households with telephone service: 38,705
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 7,741
Number of senior citizens: 12,789
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,034
Number of cell towers: 7
*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 Danbury, CT. 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 Danbury, CT 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 3,197 seniors in Danbury 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 Danbury residents to cell towers. And Danbury is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Danbury, covering 42 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Danbury to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Danbury, not just the most populated zip codes like 06810, 06811.
Landline phone service usage in Danbury is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 15.1% of Danbury's 84,694 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,313 senior citizens in Hat City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,558 Danbury residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Danbury residents. 12.5% of Danbury's 31,074 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,884 households can't use internet-based landline service.
