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Reliable home phone service in Eau Claire, WI that doesn't require internet
City Population: 68,802
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,443
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,289
Number of senior citizens: 9,632
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,298
Number of cell towers: 1
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Reliable home phone service in Eau Claire, WI that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 68,802
Total number of households with telephone service: 31,443
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,289
Number of senior citizens: 9,632
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,298
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 Eau Claire, WI. 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 Eau Claire, WI 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 2,408 seniors in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire residents to cell towers. And Eau Claire is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Eau Claire, covering 32 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Eau Claire to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Eau Claire, not just the most populated zip codes like 72756, 72758.
Landline phone service usage in Eau Claire is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.00% of Eau Claire's 68,802 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,261 senior citizens in Eau Claire still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,926 Eau Claire residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Eau Claire residents. 11.60% of Eau Claire's 28,040 households do not have the internet at all, which means 3,253 households can't use internet-based landline service.
