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Reliable home phone service in Eden Prairie, MN that doesn't require internet
City Population: 64,893
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,656
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,931
Number of senior citizens: 9,539
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,246
Number of cell towers: 17
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Minnesota
Reliable home phone service in Eden Prairie, MN that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 64,893
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,656
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,931
Number of senior citizens: 9,539
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 5,246
Number of cell towers: 17
*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 Eden Prairie, MN. 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 Eden Prairie, MN 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 2,385 seniors in Eden Prairie 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 Eden Prairie residents to cell towers. And Eden Prairie is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Eden Prairie, covering 32 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Eden Prairie to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Eden Prairie, not just the most populated zip codes like 32127, 32129, 32128.
Landline phone service usage in Eden Prairie is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 14.70% of Eden Prairie's 64,893 people are over the age of 65, which means about 6,201 senior citizens in Eden Prairie still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,908 Eden Prairie residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Eden Prairie residents. 5.80% of Eden Prairie's 24,606 households do not have the internet at all, which means 1,427 households can't use internet-based landline service.
