Reliable home phone service in El Monte, CA that doesn't require internet
City Population: 115,487
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,036
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,637
Number of senior citizens: 15,360
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,448
Number of cell towers: 1
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
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Reliable home phone service in El Monte, CA that doesn't require internet
Arden Village, Brookside Park, College View, Downtown El Monte, Five Points, Flair Business District, La Primavera, Maxson, Mountain View, Norwood Cherrylee, Parkview, Rio Vista and many more.
City Population: 115,487
Total number of households with telephone service: 29,036
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 5,637
Number of senior citizens: 15,360
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 8,448
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 El Monte, CA. 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 El Monte, CA 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 3,840 seniors in El Monte 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 El Monte residents to cell towers. And El Monte is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in El Monte, covering 10 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in El Monte to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of El Monte, not just the most populated zip codes like 91732, 91733, 91731.
Landline phone service usage in El Monte is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 13.3% of El Monte's 115,487 people are over the age of 65, which means about 9,984 senior citizens in The End of the Santa Fe Trail still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 3,072 El Monte residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many El Monte residents. 18.70% of El Monte's 29,077 households do not have the internet at all, which means 5,437 households can't use internet-based landline service.