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Reliable home phone service in Detroit, MI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 661,193
Total number of households with telephone service: 251,729
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 64,211
Number of senior citizens: 91,906
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 50,548
Number of cell towers: 57
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Michigan
Reliable home phone service in Detroit, MI that doesn't require internet
Bricktown, Corktown, Downtown Detroit, Eastern Market, Grandmont-Rosedale, Indian Village, Lafayette Park, Mexicantown, Midtown, New Center, North End, Palmer Woods, Sherwood Forest, University District, Woodbridge and many more.
City Population: 661,193
Total number of households with telephone service: 251,729
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 64,211
Number of senior citizens: 91,906
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 50,548
Number of cell towers: 57
*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 Detroit, MI. 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 Detroit, MI 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 22,976 seniors in Detroit 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 Detroit residents to cell towers. And Detroit is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Detroit, covering 139 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Detroit to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Detroit, not just the most populated zip codes like 48197, 48180, 48044.
Landline phone service usage in Detroit is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.9% of Detroit's 661,193 people are over the age of 65, which means about 59,739 senior citizens in Motor City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 18,381 Detroiters completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Detroiters. 28.10% of Detroit's 270,446 households do not have the internet at all, which means 75,995 households can't use internet-based landline service.
