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Reliable home phone service in Elgin, IL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 110,849
Total number of households with telephone service: 40,585
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,049
Number of senior citizens: 13,524
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,438
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Illinois
Reliable home phone service in Elgin, IL that doesn't require internet
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City Population: 110,849
Total number of households with telephone service: 40,585
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 8,049
Number of senior citizens: 13,524
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 7,438
Number of cell towers: 5
*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 Elgin, IL. 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 Elgin, IL 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 3,381 seniors in Elgin 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 Elgin residents to cell towers. And Elgin is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Elgin, covering 37 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Elgin to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Elgin, not just the most populated zip codes like 60120, 60121, 60123.
Landline phone service usage in Elgin is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 12.2% of Elgin's 110,849 people are over the age of 65, which means about 8,790 senior citizens in The City in the Suburbs still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 2,705 Elginites completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Elginites. 10.9% of Elgin's 36,825 households do not have the internet at all, which means 4,014 households can't use internet-based landline service.
