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Reliable home phone service in East Lansing, MI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 48,145
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,002
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,400
Number of senior citizens: 4,092
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,251
Number of cell towers: 1
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Michigan
Reliable home phone service in East Lansing, MI that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 48,145
Total number of households with telephone service: 22,002
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 4,400
Number of senior citizens: 4,092
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 2,251
Number of cell towers: 1
*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 East Lansing, 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 East Lansing, 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 1,023 seniors in East Lansing 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 East Lansing residents to cell towers. And East Lansing is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in East Lansing, covering 14 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in East Lansing to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of East Lansing, not just the most populated zip codes like 47130, 47129.
Landline phone service usage in East Lansing is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 8.50% of East Lansing's 48,145 people are over the age of 65, which means about 2,660 senior citizens in Sparty still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 818 Lansingites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Lansingites. 13.60% of East Lansing's 13,430 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,826 households can't use internet-based landline service.
