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Reliable home phone service in Durham, NC that doesn't require internet
City Population: 292,301
Total number of households with telephone service: 122,412
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 23,138
Number of senior citizens: 39,753
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 21,864
Number of cell towers: 32
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
North Carolina
Reliable home phone service in Durham, NC that doesn't require internet
Brightleaf at the Park, Cleveland-Holloway, Duke Park, Forest Hills, Hope Valley, Lakewood, Morehead Hill, Old North Durham, Rockwood, Trinity Heights, Tuscaloosa-Lakewood, Walltown, Watts Hospital-Hillandale, West End, Woodcroft and many more.
City Population: 292,301
Total number of households with telephone service: 122,412
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 23,138
Number of senior citizens: 39,753
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 21,864
Number of cell towers: 32
*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 Durham, NC. 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 Durham, NC 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 9,938 seniors in Durham 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 Durham residents to cell towers. And Durham is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Durham, covering 286 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Durham to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Durham, not just the most populated zip codes like 27713, 27613, 27707.
Landline phone service usage in Durham is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.6% of Durham's 292,301 people are over the age of 65, which means about 25,839 senior citizens in Bull City still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 7,951 Durhamites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Durhamites. 11.40% of Durham's 130,128 households do not have the internet at all, which means 14,835 households can't use internet-based landline service.
